Transparent optical-THz-optical link at 240/192 Gbit/s over 5/115 m enabled by plasmonics

Y Horst, T Blatter, L Kulmer, BI Bitachon… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A transparentOptical-subTHz-Optical link providing record-high single line rates of 240
Gbit/s and 192 Gbit/s on a single optical carrier over distances from 5 to 115 m is …

Plasmonics for microwave photonics in the THz range

M Burla, C Hoessbacher, W Heni, C Haffner… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
THz frequencies offer enormous amounts of bandwidth, which could solve the current speed
bottleneck for next-generation wireless communications. Recent reports show sub-THz links …

W-band optical modulators using electro-optic polymer waveguides and patch antenna arrays

T Kaji, I Morohashi, Y Tominari, N Sekine, T Yamada… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this study, W-band (75–110 GHz) antenna-coupled optical modulators with a cyclo-olefin
polymer (COP) lower cladding, an electro-optic (EO) polymer waveguide, and a gap …

D-band optical modulators using electro-optic polymer waveguides and non-coplanar patch antennas

T Kaji, I Morohashi, Y Tominari, M Ohara, T Yamada… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
D-band (110–170? GHz) antenna-coupled optical modulators with electro-optic (EO)
polymer waveguides and non-coplanar patch antennas were fabricated using a poled EO …

Electro-Optic Beamforming for Wireless-to-Optical Seamless Constellation-Mapping

N Ghosh, S Pendharker - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article shows that wireless reception angle governs constellation-mapping in seamless
wireless-to-optical conversion. This lays the foundation for electro-optic beamforming, which …

New ICT devices enabled by organic electro-optic polymers

N Wada, T Kaji, T Yamada… - 2023 23rd International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In 6G and beyond 6G network systems, the radio-over-fiber (RoF) technology that transmits
signal waveforms of terahertz waves using optical fibers is attracting much attention. In the …

Plasmonics in future radio communications: Potential and challenges

J Leuthold, Y Horst, T Blatter, L Kulmer… - 2022 3rd URSI …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Plasmonics is increasingly emerging as an alternative to photonics. It has the potential to
revolutionize the field of communications and radio science as it gives the user access to …

Novel applications of plasmonics and photonics devices to sub-THz wireless

M Burla, C Hoessbacher, W Heni… - Broadband Access …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We recently demonstrated modulators based on plasmonic technology displaying a flat
frequency response reaching 500 GHz, high linearity and power handling. We discuss their …

Time-Domain Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation of a Nonlinear Electro-Optical Mixer

AC Gungor, H Ibili, J Smajic, J Leuthold - International Conference on …, 2022 - Springer
A full-wave electromagnetic solver coupled with a Poisson's solver based on time-domain
finite element method (TD-FEM) is developed. This solver aims to simulate the side-band …

Plasmonic devices for transparent radio-over-fiber networks

Y Horst, T Blatter, L Kulmer, BI Bitachon… - Metro and Data …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The first transparent Optical-subTHz-Optical link providing record-high line-rates of 240 and
190 Gbit/s over distances from 5 to 115 m was recently demonstrated. The link has been …