ZTE Communications ›› 2009, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (3): 1-5.

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Advance in Microwave Photonics

Xie Shizhong , Chen Minghua , Chen Hongwei   

  1. Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology , Department of Electronic Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P . R . China
  • Online:2009-09-25 Published:2020-03-03
  • About author:Xie Shizhong is a professor and doctoral advisor at the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University. He is also the director of the Academic Committee of the Department, and the head of Optical Communication Research Institute. He is engaged in the research of high-speed fiber communication and broadband optical networks, especially on dense WDM, optical wireless system, fiber grating and devices, photonic crystal materials and their application. He has been awarded several national and ministerial prizes, including one National Invention Prize, one National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology and 9 Ministerial Prizes for Progress in Science and Technology. Up to now, he has published over 420 papers and been granted 12 national patents.

    Chen Minghua is a professor and doctoral advisor in the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University. He is engaged in the research of optical communications, high-speed optical signal processing and microwave photonics. So far, he has published over 100 papers.

    Chen Hongwei, a PhD graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University, is now an associate researcher at Information Optoelectronic Technology Research Institute of Tsinghua University. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of Optical Society of America (OSA). He is mainly engaged in the research of new-type optical networks, high-speed fiber transmission and RoF systems. So far, he has published over 40 papers.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60736002 and No. 60807026.

Abstract: Microwave photonics is a combination of microwave and photonics in concepts, devices and systems. Its typical research involves optical generation, processing and conversion of microwave signals, as well as distribution and transmission of microwave signals on optical links. Research achievements of microwave photonics have promoted the development of some new technologies, including Radio over Fiber (RoF ) communication, subcarrier multiplexing and fiber transmission in Cable Television (CATV ) system, optical controlled beam forming network with phased array radar and measurement technologies in microwave frequency domain.