Novel coherence-free photonic microwave signal processors

随着信息信号带宽要求的不断提高，为信号处理提供高速、高分辨率的系统面临着前所未有的挑战。该项目中的新型光子信号处理器将预示着宽带信号优化能力的新纪元，在科学、商业和安全服务方面具有重要应用。这些处理器将在超越现有电子处理器限制和增强光纤馈电分布式天线系统方面产生特别的影响，在射电天文学和国防雷达系统领域对澳大利亚有利。

With the increasing bandwidth requirements of information signals, there is an unprecedented challenge to provide high-speed and high resolution systems for signal processing. The new photonic signal processors in this project will herald in a new epoch in the ability to optimally condition wideband signals, with important applications for science, business and security services. These processors will have particular impact in transcending exisiting electronic processor limitations and in enhancing fibre-fed distributed antenna systems, with benefits to Australia in the fields of radioastronomy and radar systems in defence.