All-optical Microwave Signal Processing

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my great gratitude to my thesis advisor, Professor Jianping Yao, for providing me with excellent research environment, valuable directions and delicate guidance throughout this research work. His meticulous scholarship impresses me. His great passion towards scientific research work inspires me to work hard. His rich knowledge has made him as a constant source of ideas. Without his encouragement and patience, this work would have never been finished. Special thanks to Ze Li, for his generosity in sharing his knowledge with me. Sincere thanks to his invaluable help in encouraging me to overcome obstacles in the research. I would also like to thank the current and former colleagues in the Microwave strong support and generous help greatly improved my research work. The memory of working with them is one of the most precious treasures in my life. Finally I am greatly indebted to my beloved family: my father Qun Han, my mother Peijin Gong, all my aunts and my cousins. They have always been the biggest support, physically and mentally, to my life and study.