Presentation Information
[BCS-1-01]Photonically Enabled Terahertz Wireless Communications
〇Martyn Fice1, Iñigo Belio-Apaolaza1, Yozo Shoji2, James Seddon1, Feng Liu1, Cyril Renaud1, Alwyn Seeds1 (1. University College London, 2. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
Keywords:
THz communications,Photonics,Wireless communications
The huge bandwidth available at terahertz frequencies (0.1 – 10 THz) makes this frequency band attractive for high-data-rate wireless communications. Particularly at the lower end of the THz band, typically in the range 140 – 330 GHz (sometimes referred to as “sub-THz”), signals can conveniently be generated by photomixing two lasers on a high-speed photodiode. This enables high-data-rate wireless signals using complex modulation formats to be readily generated using optical modulation techniques developed for fibre-optic systems. Signal generation in the optical domain provides great flexibility (of carrier frequency, THz power, etc.), simplifies signal distribution, and allows seamless fibre-wireless convergence.
This presentation will review the performance of key components and describe experimental demonstrations conducted at UCL of photonically enabled THz wireless communications targeting a range of applications from in-room communications to wireless front/backhaul and fibre-wireless-fibre bridges. Critical challenges that need to be addressed to enable exploitation of the technology will be discussed.
This presentation will review the performance of key components and describe experimental demonstrations conducted at UCL of photonically enabled THz wireless communications targeting a range of applications from in-room communications to wireless front/backhaul and fibre-wireless-fibre bridges. Critical challenges that need to be addressed to enable exploitation of the technology will be discussed.