We would like to thank all the colleagues who have been involved into these reported works in China and collaborated internationally. We would like to thank the supporting of the National High-Tech Research & Development Program of China (Nos. 2011AA010303, 2013AA014201 and 2011AA010305) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos, 61177080, 61377002, 61321063 and 61090391). Ming Li was supported in part by the "Thousand Young Talent" program.
Microwave photonics (MWP) is an interdisci- plinary field that combines two different areas of microwave engineering and photonics. It has several key features by transferring signals between the optical domain and ...