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Future wireless communication infrastructure will rely on terahertz systems that can support an increasing demand for large-bandwidth, ultra-fast wireless data transfer. In order to satisfy this demand, compact, low-power, and low noise…

The quantum internet holds the potential to facilitate applications that are fundamentally inaccessible to the classical internet. Among its most prominent applications is quantum key distribution (QKD) networks, which connect two distant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Xu Liu , Tao Wang , Junpeng Zhang , Yankai Xu , Yuehan Xu , Lang Li , Peng Huang , Guihua Zeng

Uncertainty in discriminating between different received coherent signals is integral to the operation of many free-space optical communications protocols, and is often difficult when the receiver measures a weak signal. Here we design an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-16 Sanjaya Lohani , Ryan T. Glasser

Receiver sensitivity is a particularly important metric in optical communication links operating at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), for example in deep-space communication, since it directly limits the maximum achievable reach and data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-23 Ravikiran Kakarla , Mikael Mazur , Jochen Schröder , Peter A. Andrekson

The generation and properties of transition radiation (TR) are thoroughly treated. The spectral energy density, as described by the Ginzburg-Frank formula, is computed analytically, and the modifications caused by the finite size of the TR…

We propose a model for realizing frequency-dependent spatial variations of the probe susceptibility in a cold atomic sample. It is found that the usual Kramers-Kronig (KK) relation between real and imaginary parts of the probe…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-04 Yan Zhang , Jin-Hui Wu , M. Artoni , G. C. La Rocca

Terahertz wireless communications offer abundant untapped spectrum and are regarded as a promising playground for next-generation high-throughput links. Yet oscillator phase noise becomes the dominant impairment at such high frequencies,…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-03 Bowen Liu , Takasumi Tanabe

We developed a coherent frequency-domain THz spectroscopic technique on a coplanar waveguide in the ultrabroad frequency range from 200 MHz to 1.6 THz based on continuous wave (CW) laser spectroscopy. Optical beating created by mixing two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Katsumasa Yoshioka , Norio Kumada , Koji Muraki , Masayuki Hashisaka

The demand for higher data rates in next-generation mobile wireless communication systems (6G) has led to significant interest in terahertz (THz) waves as a high-frequency, broad modulation bandwidth carrier wave. In this study, we propose…

Optical communication is the standard for high-bandwidth information transfer in today's digital age. The increasing demand for bandwidth has led to the maturation of coherent transceivers that use phase- and amplitude-modulated optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-24 John Crossman , Spencer Dimitroff , Lukasz Cincio , Mohan Sarovar

The analysis of adaptive carrier phase estimation is investigated in long-haul high speed n-level phase shift keying (n-PSK) optical fiber communication systems based on the one-tap normalized least-mean-square (LMS) algorithm. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Tianhua Xu , Tiegen Liu , Yimo Zhang , Gunnar Jacobsen , Jie Li , Sergei Popov

It is often more complicated to measure the phase response of a large system than the magnitude. In that case, one can attempt to use the Kramers-Kronig (KK) relations for magnitude and phase, which relates magnitude and phase analytically.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-04 Taco Boland , Rik Naus , Peter Zwamborn

In this letter, we propose a quantum integrated sensing and communication scheme for a quantum optical link using binary phase-shift keying modulation and homodyne detection. The link operates over a phase-insensitive Gaussian channel with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Ioannis Krikidis

A photonics-assisted joint communication-radar system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated, by introducing a quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK)-sliced linearly frequency-modulated (LFM) signal. An LFM signal is carrier-suppressed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-08 Shi Wang , Dingding Liang , Yang Chen

Future wireless communication networks have to handle data rates of tens or even hundreds of Gbit/s per link, requiring carrier frequencies in the unallocated terahertz (THz) spectrum. In this context, seamless integration of THz links into…

Quantum key distribution (QKD) has convincingly been proven compatible with real life applications. Its wide-scale deployment in optical networks will benefit from an optical platform that allows miniature devices capable of encoding the…

Taming the Terahertz waves (100 GHz-10 THz) is considered the next frontier in wireless communications. While components for the ultra-high bandwidth Terahertz wireless communications were in rapid development over the past several years,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-12-14 Kathirvel Nallappan , Hichem Guerboukha , Chahé Nerguizian , Maksim Skorobogatiy

We introduce a flexible, software-defined real-time multi-modulation format receiver implemented on an off-the-shelf general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPU). The flexible receiver is able to process 2 GBaud 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-ary…

Optically generated terahertz (THz) oscillators have garnered considerable attention in recent years due to their potential for wide tunability and low phase noise. Here, for the first time, a dissipative Kerr microresonator soliton comb…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-10 Omnia Nawwar , Kaoru Minoshima , Naoya Kuse

Quantum communications harness quantum phenomena like superposition and entanglement to enhance information transfer between remote nodes. Coherent quantum communications, essential for phase-based quantum internet architecture, require…