The concept of filtered Microwave Photonic Links is proposed in order to provide the most general and versatile description of complex analog photonic systems. We develop a field propagation model where a global optical ...

[EN] We present a comprehensive review of the application of slow and fast light techniques to the field of microwave photonics. Basic principles leading to the implementation of key desired functionalities as tunable ...

We present a novel procedure for designing a sampled discrete true-time delay line (TTDL) for Microwave Photonics applications based on a heterogeneous MCF. Both simple step-index (SI) and trench-assisted SI profiles are ...

Este proyecto contine un análisis de las tecnologías de fabricación actuales en el campo de la fotónica de microondas integrada, la caracterización y diseño de un procesador de propósito general y un modelado analítico ...

[EN] We report, for the first time to our knowledge, the experimental demonstration of multi-cavity optoelectronic oscillators where the cavities are provided by the different cores of a multicore fiber. We implemented two ...

[EN] We implement "fiber-distributed signal processing" in the context of fiber-wireless communications by using different multicore fibers, providing both radio access distribution and microwave photonics signal processing ...

[EN] We theoretically and experimentally compare the performance of two fully tunable phase shifter structures based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) by means of several figures of merit common to microwave photonic ...

[EN] A fully tunable microwave photonic phase shifter involving a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is proposed and demonstrated. 360° microwave phase shift has been achieved by tuning the carrier wavelength and ...

This paper reports the work carried by ITEAM researchers on novel concepts in the field of Microwave Photonics (MWP). It includes activities related to the general modelling of MWP systems, the use of novel multicore ...

Integrated microwave photonics changes the scaling laws of information and communication systems offering architectural choices that combine photonics with electronics to optimize performance, power, footprint and cost. ...