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As a new approach to realizing high-precision time synchronization between remote time scales, quantum two-way time transfer via laboratory fiber link has shown significant enhancement of the transfer stability to several tens of…
In this paper we describe the status of the first prototype of the 60 GHz wireless Multi-gigabit data transfer topology currently under development at University of Heidelberg using IBM 130 nm SiGe HBT BiCMOS technology. The 60 GHz band is…
We demonstrated 22.05-THz four-band long-haul transmission with a S-to-U-band lumped repeater consisting of PPLN-based optical parametric amplifiers and EDFAs over an 80-km-span SMF link. The achieved net bitrate was 133.06 Tbps at 1040 km…
The performance of optical fiber systems based on nonlinear frequency-division multiplexing (NFDM) or on more conventional transmission techniques is compared through numerical simulations. Some critical issues affecting NFDM…
Based on a silicon travelling wave Mach-Zehnder modulator, we demonstrate record 168Gb/s (84Gbaud) and 160Gb/s (80Gbaud) PAM-4 direct detection transmission over 1km and 2km SSMF, respectively, with bit error rates below 20% HD-FEC…
Capacity is the eternal pursuit for communication systems due to the overwhelming demand of bandwidth hungry applications. As the backbone infrastructure of modern communication networks, the optical fiber transmission system undergoes a…
In this work we demonstrate for the first time that it is possible to transfer simultaneously an ultra-stable optical frequency and a precise and accurate timing over 540 km using a public telecommunication optical fiber networks with…
Twin-field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) fundamentally alters the rate-distance relationship of QKD, offering the scaling of a single-node quantum repeater. Although recent experiments have demonstrated the new opportunities for…
We successfully demonstrate a monolithic integrated dual-polarization (DP) IQ modulator based on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform with a silicon substrate, which consists of IQ modulators, spot-size converters (SSCs) and a…
In this paper, the quasi-constant modulus (QCM) property is analyzed and leveraged in the design of nonlinearity-tolerant four-dimensional (4D) modulation formats. Accordingly, we propose a family of QCM-based quadrature amplitude…
Hybrid distributed Raman-EDFA amplifiers, with a continuous 91 nm gain bandwidth, are used to enable a record single mode fibre transmission capacity of 120.0 Tbit/s using 312x35 GBd DP-256QAM over 9x70 km spans.
In this work we demonstrate a proof of concept of a fully-wireless two-node open-loop coherent distributed communication system and evaluate its performance by transmitting QPSK , 64-, and 256-QAM constellations at a symbol rate of 2 MBd…
Silicon modulators have garnered considerable attention owing to their potential applications in high-density integration and high-speed modulation. However, they are increasingly challenged by the limited 3 dB bandwidth as the demand for…
We demonstrate a 4,294,967,296-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) based Y-00 quantum stream cipher system carrying 160-Gb/s 16-QAM signal transmitted over 320-km SSMF. The ultra-dense QAM cipher template is realized by an integrated…
On-chip quantum information network requires qubit transfer between different wavelengths while preserving quantum coherence and entanglement, which needs broadband up-conversion available. Herein, we demonstrate a mode-hybridization based…
We report on 112 Gbit/s real-time DMT transmission over up to 60 km, targeted at DCI applications. Chromatic dispersion mitigation by vestigial sideband filtering is compared to the use of dispersion compensating fiber.
We demonstrate all-optical demultiplexing at 160 Gigabits per second in the C-band, based on nonlinear optics using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. We achieve error-free operation with a penalty of ~ 3.9dB.
Coded modulation is a key technique to increase the spectral efficiency of coherent optical communication systems. Two popular strategies for coded modulation are turbo trellis-coded modulation (TTCM) and bit-interleaved coded modulation…
We report the co-propagation, over 50 km of SSMF, of the quantum channel (1310 nm) of a QKD system with ~17 dBm total power of DWDM data channels (1550 nm range). A metric to evaluate Co-propagation Efficiency is proposed.
Current wireless communication technologies are insufficient in the face of ever-increasing demands. Therefore, novel and high-performance communication systems are needed. In this paper, a novel high data rate and high-performance index…