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Hybrid beamforming for Terahertz (THz) ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) systems is a promising technology for 6G space-air-ground integrated networks, which can overcome huge propagation loss and offer unprecedented…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Longfei Yan , Chong Han , Jinhong Yuan

In wideband near-field arrays, frequency-dependent array responses cause wavefronts at different frequencies to deviate from that at the center frequency, producing beam squint and degrading multi-user performance. True-time-delay (TTD)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Cixiao Zhang , Yin Xu , Xinghao Guo , Xiaowu Ou , Dazhi He , Wenjun Zhang

Microcombs are revolutionizing optoelectronics by providing parallelized, mutually coherent wavelength channels for time-frequency metrology and information processing. To implement this essential function in integrated photonic systems, it…

Phased arrays are crucial in various technologies, such as radar and wireless communications, due to their ability to precisely control and steer electromagnetic waves. This precise control improves signal processing and enhances imaging…

We present a novel photonic beamformer for a fully integrated transmit phased array antenna, together with an automatic procedure for tuning the delays in this system. Such an automatic tuning procedure is required because the large number…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 L. Bliek , S. Wahls , I. Visscher , C. Taddei , R. B. Timens , R. Oldenbeuving , C. Roeloffzen , M. Verhaegen

Employing large antenna arrays and utilizing large bandwidth have the potential of bringing very high data rates to future wireless communication systems. However, this brings the system into the near-field regime and also makes the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Yu Zhang , Ahmed Alkhateeb

The frequency combs characterized by their phase-coherent equidistant spectral modes and precise frequency scales of broadband spectrum, have made them an indispensable part of contemporary physics. A terahertz (THz) frequency comb is a key…

True-time-delay (TTD) lines are recently applied inside Terahertz (THz) hybrid-precoding transceiver to acquire high beamforming gain against beam squint effect. However, beam tracking turns into a challenging puzzle where enormous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Xu Shi , Jintao Wang , Jian Song

The beamforming performance of the uniform circular array (UCA) in near-field wideband communication systems is investigated. Compared to uniform linear array (ULA), UCA exhibits uniform effective array aperture in all directions, thus…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Yunhui Guo , Yang Zhang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu

Terahertz (THz) frequency combs are increasingly essential for spectroscopy, metrology, and quantum science. However, generating a dense array of evenly spaced ultra-narrow THz comb lines is challenging. Here, we demonstrate broadband THz…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-10 Min Li , Yu Xia , Yuan Chen , Sinan Tao , Mingyang He , Kun Huang , Hua Li , Ming Yan , Heping Zeng

We propose a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system that leverages sensing to assist communication, ensuring fast initial access, seamless user tracking, and uninterrupted communication for millimeter wave (mmWave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Gui Zhou , Moritz Garkisch , Zhendong Peng , Cunhua Pan , Robert Schober

Photonic technologies have received considerable attention for enhancement of radio-frequency (RF) electrical systems, including high-frequency analog signal transmission, control of phased arrays, analog-to-digital conversion, and signal…

True-time delayers (TTDs) are popular components for hybrid beamforming architectures to combat the spatial-wideband effect in wideband near-field communications. In this paper, a serial and a hybrid serial-parallel TTD configuration are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Robert Schober

Optical beamforming networks (OBFNs) based on optical true time delay lines (OTTDLs) are well-known as the promising candidate to solve the bandwidth limitation of traditional electronic phased array antennas (PAAs) due to beam squinting.…

A near-field wideband communication system is investigated in which a base station (BS) employs an extra-large scale antenna array (ELAA) to serve multiple users in its near-field region. To facilitate near-field multi-user beamforming and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

The multipath radio channel is considered to have a non-bandlimited channel impulse response. Therefore, it is challenging to achieve high resolution time-delay (TD) estimation of multipath components (MPCs) from bandlimited observations of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-11 Tarik Kazaz , Gerard J. M. Janssen , Alle-Jan van der Veen

Tunable optical delay lines that simultaneously offer nanosecond-scale delay, broadband operation, low dispersion, and compact footprint remain challenging to realize with conventional integrated photonic platforms. Here we demonstrate a…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-06 Manuel Crespo-Ballesteros , Misha Sumetsky

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication with large array gains is a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective communication in mmWaves usually depends on the knowledge of the channel. We refer to the problem of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

Analog beamforming holds great potential for future terahertz (THz) communications due to its ability to generate high-gain directional beams with low-cost phase shifters. However, conventional analog beamforming may suffer substantial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-26 Yike Xie , Weidong Mei , Dong Wang , Yingqi Wen , Zhi Chen , Jun Fang , Wei Guo , Boyu Ning

Deployment of terahertz communication and spectroscopy systems relies on the availability of low-noise and fast detectors, with plug-and-play capabilities. However, most currently available technologies are stand-alone, discrete components,…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-29 A. Tomasino , A Shams-Ansari , M. Lončar , I. -C. Benea-Chelmus