Novel microwave photonic applications based on integrated microcombs (Invited)

Microresonator-based frequency combs (microcombs) are very promising for microwave photonic applications for their advantages including wide bandwidth, large line spacing, and compact volume. Recently, various microcomb-based microwave photonic systems have been reported such as high-spectral-purity microwave generation, microwave photonic signal processing, true-time-delay beamforming, etc. Outstanding performances including low phase noise, high reconfigurability, and large Nyquist bandwidth have been demonstrated, showing a bright future of microcomb-based microwave photonics.