Wideband adaptive microwave frequency identification using an integrated silicon photonic scanning filter

Xu Wang; Feng Zhou; Dingshan Gao; Yanxian Wei; Xi Xiao; Shaohua Yu; Jianji Dong; Xinliang Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000172

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