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Looking towards 6G wireless systems, frequency bands like the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) band (100 GHz - 300 GHz) are gaining traction for their promises of large available swaths of bandwidth to support the ever-growing data demands. However,…
Orthogonal time frequency space modulation (OTFS) has been recently proposed to achieve time and frequency diversity, especially in linear time-variant (LTV) channels with large Doppler frequencies. The idea is based on the precoding of the…
Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation has the potential to enable robust communications in highly-mobile scenarios. Estimating the channels for OTFS systems, however, is associated with high pilot signaling overhead that scales…
Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) is a modulation technique which is robust against the disruptive effects of doubly-selective channels. In this paper, we perform an experimental study of OTFS by a real-time software defined radio…
In distributed fiber-optic sensing based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), Doppler frequency shifts due to the changes of disturbances during one sweep period introduce demodulation errors that accumulate along both the…
Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation is a recently proposed delay-Doppler (DD) domain communication scheme, which has shown promising performance in general wireless communications, especially over high-mobility channels. In…
We report an in-line polarization-dependent all-optical fiber modulator based on a stereo graphene-microfiber structure (GMF) by utilizing the lab-on-rod technique. Owing to the unique spring-like geometry, an ultra-long GMF interaction…
Continuous wavefront sensing benefits space observatories in on-orbit optical performance maintenance. To measure the phase of a wavefront, phase retrieval is an attractive technique as it uses multiple point spread function (PSF) images…
As next-generation wireless communication systems need to be able to operate in high-frequency bands and high-mobility scenarios, delay-Doppler (DD) domain multicarrier (DDMC) modulation schemes, such as orthogonal time frequency space…
Light transport in a highly multimode fiber exhibits complex behavior in space, time, frequency and polarization, especially in the presence of mode coupling. The newly developed techniques of spatial wavefront shaping turn out to be highly…
Integrated localization and communication systems aim to reuse communication waveforms for simultaneous data transmission and localization, but delay resolution is fundamentally limited by the available bandwidth. In practice, large…
In this thesis, we study differential modulation schemes which do not need channel knowledge at the transmitter nor at the receiver. First, we consider single-antenna systems and investigate the use of Differential Amplitude Phase Shift…
This paper introduces a novel shape-sensing approach for Concentric Tube Steerable Drilling Robots (CT-SDRs) based on Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR). Unlike traditional FBG-based methods, OFDR enables continuous strain…
Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation is a recently proposed multi-carrier transmission scheme, which innovatively multiplexes the information symbols in the delay-Doppler (DD) domain instead of the conventional time-frequency…
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…
This study introduces a Block Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) allocation approach for Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) systems to enhance phase noise tracking and compensation.…
We estimate the laser frequency noise impact on coherent sensing using Distributed Fiber Sensing model. By stabilizing the laser in the estimated frequency zone, we demonstrate reduced noise floor over 100km using optimized probing codes
Radio over Fiber (RoF) Systems exploiting a direct modulation of the laser source are presently utilized within important Radioastronomic scenarios. Due to the particular operating conditions of some of these realizations, the phenomena…
We consider a wireless relay network with multiple antenna terminals over Rayleigh fading channels, and apply distributed space-time coding (DSTC) in amplify-and-forward (A&F) mode. The A&F scheme is used in a way that each relay transmits…
We consider a joint radar estimation and communication system using orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation. The scenario is motivated by vehicular applications where a vehicle equipped with a mono-static radar wishes to…