The field is decades old but historically lab- and defence-bound; the open question is commercial scale, not feasibility (see ref).
Microwave Photonics
Cross-cuts: Photonic Systems
Recent mentions
- RF-over-fibre market size: analyst consensus (compiled)
- Gallium Nitride + Photonics w/ James Lee of Wave Photonics
- Zinwave (wideband analogue DAS over fibre) acquired by McWane; revenue path to 2019
Related concepts
Frontier questions
- Does photonic RF/mmWave generation reach cost/SWaP parity for volume comms, or stay confined to satcom + defence + test?
- Which generation technique wins above 100 GHz: OEO, OFD, or two-laser heterodyne?