RF photonics: Status, challenges and opportunities

SA Pappert - 2011 IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RF photonics has long been recognized as a key enabling technology for wideband
antenna front-ends. RF photonic front-end processors have always provided bandwidth, but …

Directions in radio frequency photonic systems

AC Paolella, R DeSalvo, C Middleton… - 2015 IEEE 16th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio frequency (RF) photonics can provide high performance at a lower size, weight, and
power than traditional electrical systems. The implementation of RF photonics technology is …

Technologies for RF photonics in wideband multifunction systems

JS Rodgers - 2013 IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RF photonics technologies will enable future wideband multifunction systems used in
electronic warfare, communications, sensing, and radar applications to become easily …

Photonics for RF systems

SA Pappert, R Esman, B Krantz - 2008 IEEE Avionics, Fiber …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to inherently large time-bandwidth products and attractive size and weight features,
photonics technology has long been recognized as valuable for its potential ability to extend …

RF photonics for radar front-ends

SA Pappert, B Krantz - 2007 IEEE Radar Conference, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent developments in RF photonic component technologies can have a significant impact
on future radar system architectures. In this paper, current performance of low noise figure …

Signal processing subsystems for RF photonics

KJ Williams - Optical fiber communication conference, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Signal Processing Subsystems for RF Photonics Page 1 W4B.1.pdf OFC 2017 © OSA 2017
Signal Processing Subsystems for RF Photonics Keith J. Williams Naval Research Laboratory …

Next-generation fiber-optic technology enablers for manned & unmanned ISR platforms

R Pirich, P Anumolu - 2008 IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave photonic links and RF photonics will appear frequently in military antenna
systems. As photonic link performance continues to improve, RF Photonics insertion into …

Photonics for RF front ends

TR Clark, R Waterhouse - IEEE microwave magazine, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, some of the latest technology advancements in microwave photonics, in
particular those related to the RF front end were reviewed. The generic salient features and …

High power photodetectors for microwave photonic links

DA Tulchinsky, KJ Williams, X Li, N Li… - … Avionics Fiber-Optics …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Improving the optical components used to build fiber optic links, increases the dynamic
range of optically remote RF antennas, photonic-RF signal processing systems, and high …

Component development for RF photonic systems

LA Johansson, S Estrella, J Campbell… - 2015 IEEE Avionics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Freedom Photonics has demonstrated a semiconductor modulator with 1.2 V static Vπ and>
20 GHz bandwidth, and photodetectors that operate linearly up to 100mA photocurrent and …