RF photonics: an optical microcombs' perspective

J Wu, X Xu, TG Nguyen, ST Chu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decade, optical frequency combs generated by high-Q microresonators, or
optical microcombs, which feature compact device footprints, low power consumption, and …

From the Lugiato–Lefever equation to microresonator-based soliton Kerr frequency combs

LA Lugiato, F Prati, ML Gorodetsky… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The model, that is usually called the Lugiato–Lefever equation (LLE), was introduced in
1987 with the aim of providing a paradigm for dissipative structure and pattern formation in …

Battery-operated integrated frequency comb generator

B Stern, X Ji, Y Okawachi, AL Gaeta, M Lipson - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs are broadband sources that offer mutually coherent, equidistant
spectral lines with unprecedented precision in frequency and timing for an array of …

Photonic microwave true time delays for phased array antennas using a 49 GHz FSR integrated optical micro-comb source

X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, T Moein, ST Chu… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate significantly improved performance of a microwave true time delay line
based on an integrated optical frequency comb source. The broadband micro-comb (over …

Broadband RF channelizer based on an integrated optical frequency Kerr comb source

X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, ST Chu, BE Little… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report a broadband RF channelizer based on an integrated optical frequency Kerr micro-
comb source, with an RF channelizing bandwidth of 90 GHz, a high RF spectral slice …

Advanced RF and microwave functions based on an integrated optical frequency comb source

X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, M Shoeiby, ST Chu… - Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate advanced transversal radio frequency (RF) and microwave functions based
on a Kerr optical comb source generated by an integrated micro-ring resonator. We achieve …

Orthogonally polarized RF optical single sideband generation and dual-channel equalization based on an integrated microring resonator

X Xu, J Wu, M Tan, TG Nguyen, ST Chu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate narrowband orthogonally polarized optical radio frequency (RF) single
sideband generation as well as dual-channel equalization based on an integrated dual …

Continuously tunable orthogonally polarized RF optical single sideband generator based on micro-ring resonators

X Xu, J Wu, L Jia, M Tan, TG Nguyen, ST Chu… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate a continuously RF tunable orthogonally polarized optical single sideband
(OP-OSSB) generator based on dual cascaded micro-ring resonators (MRRs). By splitting …

[HTML][HTML] Invited Article: Enhanced four-wave mixing in waveguides integrated with graphene oxide

Y Yang, J Wu, X Xu, Y Liang, ST Chu, BE Little… - APL Photonics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate enhanced four-wave mixing (FWM) in doped silica waveguides integrated
with graphene oxide (GO) layers. Owing to strong mode overlap between the integrated …

Microcomb-based true-time-delay network for microwave beamforming with arbitrary beam pattern control

X Xue, Y Xuan, C Bao, S Li, X Zheng… - Journal of lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave phased array antennas (PAAs) are very attractive to defense applications and
high-speed wireless communications for their abilities of fast beam scanning and complex …