%L discovery10071648 %P 3495-3501 %T Microwave Photonic Integrated Circuits for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications %O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %D 2014 %N 20 %V 32 %A G Carpintero %A K Balakier %A Z Yang %A RC Guzman %A A Corradi %A A Jimenez %A G Kervella %A MJ Fice %A M Lamponi %A M Chitoui %A F van Dijk %A CC Renaud %A A Wonfor %A EAJM Bente %A RV Penty %A IH White %A AJ Seeds %J Journal of Lightwave Technology %X This paper describes the advantages that the introduction of photonic integration technologies can bring to the development of photonic-enabled wireless communications systems operating in the millimeter wave frequency range. We present two approaches for the development of dual wavelength sources for heterodyne-based millimeter wave generation realized using active/passive photonic integration technology. One approach integrates monolithically two distributed feedback semiconductor lasers along with semiconductor optical amplifiers, wavelength combiners, electro-optic modulators and broad bandwidth photodiodes. The other uses a generic photonic integration platform, developing narrow linewidth dual wavelength lasers based on arrayed waveguide gratings. Moreover, data transmission over a wireless link at a carrier wave frequency above 100 GHz is presented, in which the two lasers are free-running, and the modulation is directly applied to the single photonic chip without the requirement of any additional component. %I IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC