Microwave photonics connected with microresonator frequency combs

Abstract

Microresonator frequency combs (microcombs) are very promising as ultra-compact broadband sources for microwave photonic applications. Conversely, microwave photonic techniques are also employed intensely in the study of microcombs to reveal and control the comb formation dynamics. In this paper, we reviewed the microwave photonic techniques and applications that are connected with microcombs. The future research directions of microcomb-based microwave photonics were also discussed.

Keywords

microwave photonics / optical frequency comb / microresonator / Kerr effect / four-wave mixing

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant FA9550-15-1-0211, from the DARPA PULSE program through grant W31P40-13-1-0018 from AMRDEC, and from the National Science Foundation under grant ECCS-1509578.

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