Table 1 Performance comparison of integrated MWP circuits

From: Programmable multifunctional integrated microwave photonic circuit on thin-film lithium niobate

Year

Material platform

Integration level

Optical processing

Function number

Tuning range (GHz)

Resolution (MHz)

Performance enhancement

Gain (dB)

Noise figure (dB)

SFDR (dB Hz2/3)

202032

Si

Passive

SBS

1

4–10

3.5

No

−17.3

56.7

93.5

202118

Si

MD, Passive, PD

MRR

2

3–25

360

No

−28.2

51.2

99.7

202224

Si3N4

Passive

DI-MRR

6

5–20

400

SFDR, NF

10

15

116

202229

Si

Passive

SBS

1

8–14

2.4

No

−3.6

52.5

93.6

202317

Si

MD, Passive, PD

MRR

2

5–30

220

No

−27

47

92.3

202330

Si+As2S3

MD, Passive

SBS

2

2.5–15

37

No

−35

57.5

80

This work

TFLN

MD, Passive

MRRs

3

1.5–21.5

1300/5

SFDR

−7.2

34.7

110

  1. MD modulator, PD photodetector, SBS stimulated Brillouin scattering, MRR microring resonator, DI double injection, SFDR spurious-free dynamic, NF noise figure rang.