Hardware aspects of sub-THz antennas and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for 6G communications

K Rasilainen, TD Phan, M Berg… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The need for unrestricted, high-quality, and high-speed communications in planned sixth
generation (6G) wireless systems drives the development and research towards the sub …

Terahertz beam steering: from fundamentals to applications

Y Monnai, X Lu, K Sengupta - Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz …, 2023 - Springer
Free-space transmission of terahertz (THz) waves opens great opportunities for wireless
applications including sensing and communication in the 6G era and beyond. Owing to their …

Beamforming technologies for ultra-massive MIMO in terahertz communications

B Ning, Z Tian, W Mei, Z Chen, C Han… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) communications with a frequency band 0.1–10 THz are envisioned as a
promising solution to future high-speed wireless communication. Although with tens of …

Intelligent reflecting surface assisted terahertz communications toward 6G

Z Chen, B Ning, C Han, Z Tian… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) communications have emerged as a promising candidate to support the
heavy data traffic and exploding network capacity in the future 6G wireless networks …

THz systems exploiting photonics and communications technologies

JC Balzer, CJ Saraceno, M Koch… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) systems open up the possibility of new applications of electromagnetic
waves. Enormous bandwidths up to several terahertz enable the development of powerful …

[PDF][PDF] Prospective beamforming technologies for ultra-massive MIMO in terahertz communications: A tutorial

B Ning, Z Tian, Z Chen, C Han, J Yuan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Terahertz (THz) communications with a frequency band 0.1− 10 THz are envisioned as a
promising solution to future high-speed wireless communication. Although with tens of …

Optoelectronic THz-wave beam steering by arrayed photomixers with integrated antennas

M Che, Y Matsuo, H Kanaya, H Ito… - IEEE Photonics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a thermo-optic effect based silica optical phased array (OPA) chip and
evaluated its tunability of phases of lightwaves. The THz waves, whose phases are …

6G Rotman lens D-band beam-steering microstrip antenna

U Nissanov - Journal of Computational Electronics, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents a design flowchart, design equations, and design of a D-band Rotman
lens beam-steering microstrip array antenna at 110–145 GHz operating frequency. The …

Terahertz beam steering concept based on a MEMS-reconfigurable reflection grating

X Liu, L Samfaß, K Kolpatzeck, L Häring, JC Balzer… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
With an increasing number of applications of terahertz systems in industrial fields and
communications, terahertz beamforming and beam steering techniques are required for high …

New design of a broadband PBG-based antenna for THz band applications

D Khezzar, D Khedrouche, TA Denidni - Photonics and nanostructures …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this contribution, a new optimized photonic bandgap (PBG) based antenna is proposed
for broadband applications of the terahertz spectrum. First, the reference antenna is …