Advances in terahertz communications accelerated by photonics

T Nagatsuma, G Ducournau, CC Renaud - Nature Photonics, 2016 - nature.com
Almost 15 years have passed since the initial demonstrations of terahertz (THz) wireless
communications were made using both pulsed and continuous waves. THz technologies are …

Recent progress and future prospect of photonics-enabled terahertz communications research

T Nagatsuma, G Carpintero - IEICE Transactions on Electronics, 2015 - search.ieice.org
This paper reviews a recent progress in terahertz wireless communications enabled by
photonics technologies. After briefly summarizing transceiver configurations with electronics …

Integrated dual-laser photonic chip for high-purity carrier generation enabling ultrafast terahertz wireless communications

S Jia, MC Lo, L Zhang, O Ozolins, A Udalcovs… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Photonic generation of Terahertz (THz) carriers displays high potential for THz
communications with a large tunable range and high modulation bandwidth. While many …

Wireless and optical convergent access technologies toward 6G

HRD Filgueiras, ES Lima, MSB Cunha… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth generation of mobile communication (6G) systems is recently rising a lot of interest,
introducing new futuristic and challenging use cases that will demand much more than just …

Integrated semiconductor laser optical phase lock loops

K Balakier, L Ponnampalam, MJ Fice… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An Optical Phase Lock Loop (OPLL) is a feedback control system that allows the phase
stabilization of a laser to a reference laser with absolute but adjustable frequency offset …

Integrated optical frequency comb for 5G NR Xhauls

ES Lima, RM Borges, N Andriolli, E Conforti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We experimentally demonstrate the use of optical frequency combs (OFCs), generated by a
photonic integrated circuit (PIC), in a flexible optical distribution network based on fiber …

60 Gbps real-time wireless communications at 300 GHz carrier using a Kerr microcomb-based source

BM Heffernan, Y Kawamoto, K Maekawa… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Future wireless communication infrastructure will rely on terahertz systems that can support
an increasing demand for large-bandwidth, ultra-fast wireless data transfer. In order to …

High-purity 60GHz band millimeter-wave generation based on optically injected semiconductor laser under subharmonic microwave modulation

L Fan, G **a, J Chen, X Tang, Q Liang, Z Wu - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Based on an optically injected semiconductor laser (OISL) operating at period-one (P1)
nonlinear dynamical state, high-purity millimeter-wave generation at 60 GHz band is …

Monolithic InAs/InP quantum dash dual-wavelength DFB laser with ultra-low noise common cavity modes for millimeter-wave applications

M Rahim, K Zeb, Z Lu, G Pakulski, J Liu, P Poole… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We have developed and experimentally demonstrated a novel monolithic InAs/InP quantum-
dash dual-wavelength distributed feedback (QD DW-DFB) C-band laser as a compact …

Photonic-based integrated sources and antenna arrays for broadband wireless links in terahertz communications

E García-Muñoz, KA Abdalmalak… - Semiconductor …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper analyzes integrated components for ultra-broadband millimeter-wave wireless
transmitters enabling the 5 G objective to increase the wireless data rates 10× to 100×. We …