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Synthetic materials that emulate tight-binding Hamiltonians have enabled a wide range of advances in topological and non-Hermitian physics. A crucial requirement in such systems is the engineering of non-reciprocal couplings and synthetic…
We demonstrate strong optical nonreciprocity in microring add-drop filters with asymmetric input and output coupling coefficients. Up to 18dB isolation was achieved with a silicon-on-insulator high-Q microring of 5 micrometer radius.
We present the experimental evidence of RF demodulation by a graphene monolayer embedded in a coplanar structure. The demodulator was tested in the frequency range from 100 MHz to 25 GHz using amplitude modulated input signals. An input…
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Phase modulation plays a crucial role in various terahertz applications, including biomedical imaging, high-rate communication, and radar detection. Existing terahertz phase shifters typically rely on tuning the resonant effect of…
Broad beam beamforming (BF) design in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) can be convenient for initial access, synchronization, and sensing capabilities in cellular networks by avoiding overheads of sweeping methods while making…
We report on the experimental and numerical observation of polarization modulation instability (PMI) in a nonlinear fiber Kerr resonator. This phenomenon is phased-matched through the relative phase detuning between the intracavity fields…
A compact multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with very high isolation is proposed for ultrawide-band (UWB) applications. The antenna with a compact size of 30.1x20.5 mm^2 (0.31${\lambda}_0$ x0.21${\lambda}_0$ ) consists of two…
In RF (Radio Frequency) domain, one of the limitations of using MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems) switching devices for medium power applications is RF power. Failure phenomena appear even for 500 mW. A design of MEMS switched…
This paper proposes a novel method to enhance the performance of the modulator for fifth-generation wireless communication (5G) by exploiting modulation instability (MI). We show that MI can reduce the bias voltage of the modulator…
In future wireless communication systems, millimeter waves (mmWaves) will play an important role in meeting high data rates. However, due to their short wavelengths, these mmWaves present high propagation losses and are highly attenuated by…
Applications relying on mid-infrared radiation (Mid-IR, $\lambda\sim$ 3-30 $\mu$m) have progressed at a very rapid pace in recent years, stimulated by scientific and technological breakthroughs. Mid-IR cameras have propelled the field of…
Differential microphone arrays offer a promising solution for far-field acoustic signal acquisition due to their high spatial directivity and compact array structure. A key challenge lies in designing differential beamformers that are…
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A single layer broadband millimetre wave (mm-wave) array with circular polarisation is proposed for the fifth generation (5G) mm-wave communication applications. The antenna element is designed to integrate the matching circuit into a…
Future wireless networks will extensively rely upon bandwidths centered on carrier frequencies larger than 10GHz. Indeed, recent research has shown that, despite the large path-loss, millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies can be successfully…
An 8 x 8 mixed-signal matrix multiplier architecture based on 64 hybrid capacitor-resistor multiplying digital to analogue converters implemented in a 65 nm CMOS technology was developed for the application of blind source separation of…
A maskless post-processing technique for CMOS chips is developed that enables the fabrication of RF MEMS parallel-plate capacitors with a high quality factor and a very compact size. Simulations and measured results are presented for…