Radio frequency/microwave-directed energy sources using wide bandgap SiC photoconductive semiconductors have attracted much attention due to their unique advantages of high-power output and multi-parameter adjustable ability. Over the past several years, benefitting from the sustainable innovations in laser technology and the significant progress in materials technology, megawatt-class output power electrical pulses with a flexible frequency in the P and L microwave wavebands have been achieved by photoconductive semiconductor devices. Here, we mainly summarize and review the recent progress of the high-power photonic microwave generation based on the SiC photoconductive semiconductor devices in the linear modulation mode, including the mechanism, system architecture, critical technology, and experimental demonstration of the proposed high-power photonic microwave sources. The outlooks and challenges for the future of multi-channel power synthesis development of higher power photonic microwave using wide bandgap photoconductors are also discussed.

中红外超荧光光源具有光谱范围宽、空间相干性好、时域稳定性高等特点，应用前景广泛，但受限于中红外侧面泵浦合束器，目前普遍利用空间结构泵浦产生。文中根据拉锥光纤侧面耦合的原理，在125 μm包层直径的无源双包层氟化物光纤上实现了中红外光纤侧面泵浦合束器的研制，该合束器泵浦光耦合效率达82.3%，可承受的最大泵浦功率达87.5 W。通过在中红外增益光纤上制得侧面泵浦合束器，实现了全光纤中红外超荧光光源产生，前后向输出的中红外超荧光最高功率和为91.09 mW （后向输出53.67 mW，前向输出37.42 mW），输出光谱范围从2702 nm覆盖至2830 nm。在中红外超荧光总输出功率为33.03 mW时，获得了108 nm的最宽20 dB带宽。文中实现的中红外全光纤超荧光光源克服了以往空间泵浦复杂度高、调节难的问题，对推动中红外超荧光光源的进一步功率放大具有重要意义。

A monolithic visible supercontinuum (SC) source with a record average output power of 204 W and a spectrum ranging from 580 nm to beyond 2400 nm is achieved in a piece of standard telecom graded-index multimode fiber (GRIN MMF) by designing the pumping system. The influence of the GRIN MMF length on the geometrical parameter instability (GPI) effect is analyzed for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, by comparing the SC spectral region dominated by the GPI effect under different fiber lengths. Our work could pave the way for robust, cost-effective, and high-power visible SC sources.