Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 7, 20211048(2021)

Frontiers and prospects of integrated microwave photonics (Invited)

Ming Li1...2,3, Tengfei Hao1,2,3, Shilong Pan4, Xihua Zou5, Binfeng Yun6, Weiwen Zou7, Wei Li1,2,3 and Lianshan Yan5 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • 5School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
  • 6School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 7School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Ming Li, Tengfei Hao, Shilong Pan, Xihua Zou, Binfeng Yun, Weiwen Zou, Wei Li, Lianshan Yan. Frontiers and prospects of integrated microwave photonics (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(7): 20211048

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 3, 2021

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    Published Online: Aug. 23, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20211048

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