Microwave photonic prototype for concurrent radar detection and spectrum sensing over an 8 to 40 GHz bandwidth

Taixia Shi; Dingding Liang; Lu Wang; Lin Li; Shaogang Guo; Jiawei Gao; Xiaowei Li; Chulun Lin; Lei Shi; Baogang Ding; Shiyang Liu; Fangyi Yang; Chi Jiang; Yang Chen

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.2.026008

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 2, 026008(2025)

Microwave photonic prototype for concurrent radar detection and spectrum sensing over an 8 to 40 GHz bandwidth Editors' Pick

Taixia Shi^1、†, Dingding Liang¹, Lu Wang², Lin Li^2、*, Shaogang Guo², Jiawei Gao¹, Xiaowei Li¹, Chulun Lin¹, Lei Shi³, Baogang Ding¹, Shiyang Liu¹, Fangyi Yang¹, Chi Jiang¹, and Yang Chen^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹East China Normal University, School of Communication and Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multidimensional Information Processing, Shanghai, China

²Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Space Optoelectronic Measurement and Perception Lab, Beijing, China

³Shanghai Lujie Communication Technology Company Limited, Shanghai, China

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