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TeraHertz (THz) communications are envisioned as a promising technology, owing to its unprecedented multi-GHz bandwidth. One fundamental challenge when moving to new spectrum is to understand the science of radio propagation and develop an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-01 Yi Chen , Yuanbo Li , Chong Han , Ziming Yu , Guangjian Wang

Silicon-based micro-devices are considered promising candidates for consolidating several terahertz technologies into a common and practical platform. The practicality stems from the relatively low loss, device compactness, ease of…

Waveguides are fundamental components in communication systems. However, they suffer from reflection and scattering losses at sharp routes or defects. The breakthrough in developing topological photonic crystals (PhCs) provides promising…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-01-03 Rui Zhou , Minglin L. N. Chen , Xingtong Shi , Yan Ren , Zihao Yu , Yu Tian , Y. Liu , Hai Lin

We propose the use of a silicon-core optical fiber for terahertz (THz) waveguide applications. Finite-difference time-domain simulations have been performed based on a cylindrical waveguide with a silicon core and silica cladding.…

Optics · Physics 2013-05-03 Derek A. Bas , Scott K. Cushing , John Ballato , Alan D. Bristow

Recently, there has been a growing interest in integrated THz photonics for various applications in communications, spectroscopy and sensing. We present a new integrated photonic platform based on active and passive elements integrated in a…

In this work, a novel infinity 3D printing technique is explored to fabricate continuous multi-meter-long low-loss near-zero dispersion suspended-core polypropylene fibers for application in terahertz (THz) communications. Particular…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-10 Guofu Xu , Kathirvel Nallappan , Yang Cao , Maksim Skorobogatiy

Spintronic terahertz emitters promise terahertz sources with an unmatched broad frequency bandwidth that are easy to fabricate and operate, and therefore easy to scale at low cost. However, current experiments and proofs of concept rely on…

Topological photonic devices have attracted great attentions in terahertz (THz) and optical regimes due to their robust protected transport properties. However, it remains challenging in miniaturization of the devices to get superior…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-20 Xiang Zhou , Hui-Chang Li , Yun Shen

Photonic topological insulators (PTIs) have been widely studied due to the robustness of energy transport via supported edge modes immune to structural disorder. In this work, a topological gap waveguide is constructed by introducing line…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-10-05 Yan Ren , Hai Lin , Rui Zhou , Xintong Shi , Jing Jin , Y. Liu

For decades, the terahertz (THz) frequency band had been primarily explored in the context of radar, imaging, and spectroscopy, where multi-gigahertz (GHz) and even THz-wide channels and the properties of terahertz photons offered…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Josep M. Jornet , Vitaly Petrov , Hua Wang , Zoya Popovic , Dipankar Shakya , Jose V. Siles , Theodore S. Rappaport

Terahertz (THz) technology is a growing and multi-disciplinary research field, particularly for sensing and telecommunications. A number of THz waveguides have emerged over the past years, which are set to complement the capabilities of…

This article discusses the basic system architecture for terahertz (THz) wireless links with bandwidths of more than 50 GHz into optical networks. New design principles and breakthrough technologies are required in order to demonstrate Tbps…

Terahertz (THz) wireless communication is envisioned as a promising technology, which is capable of providing ultra-high-rate transmission up to Terabit per second. However, some hardware imperfections, which are generally neglected in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-24 Tianqi Mao , Zhaocheng Wang

Terahertz (THz) communication is considered as an attractive way to overcome the bandwidth bottleneck and satisfy the ever-increasing capacity demand in the future. Due to the high directivity and propagation loss of THz waves, a massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Boyu Ning , Zhi Chen , Zhongbao Tian , Chong Han , Shaoqian Li

Terahertz (THz) communications has emerged as a promising technology for future wireless systems due to its potential to support extremely high data rates. However, severe path loss, blockage effects, and sensitivity to beam misalignment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Zhifeng Tang , Nan Yang , Salman Durrani , Xiangyun Zhou , Josep Miquel Jornet , Markku Juntti

Chip-based terahertz (THz) devices are emerging as versatile tools for manipulating mm-wave frequencies in the context of integrated high-speed communication technologies for potential sixth-generation (6G) wireless applications. The…

Modern communication and sensing technologies rely on connecting the optical domain with the microwave domain. Terahertz technologies, spanning increased frequencies from 100 GHz to 10 THz, are critical for providing larger bandwidths and…

Terahertz technology has made significant advances in the fields of spectroscopy, imaging and, more recently, wireless communications. In the latter, the use of this frequency band between 0.1 and 10 THz becomes extremely attractive due to…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-01-12 Sergi Abadal , Seyed E. Hosseininejad , Albert Cabellos-Aparicio , Eduard Alarcón

Topological systems are inherently robust to disorder and continuous perturbations, resulting in dissipation-free edge transport of electrons in quantum solids, or reflectionless guiding of photons and phonons in classical wave systems…

A new type of integrated polarizer based on bent coupled optical waveguides is proposed. The simplicity of the device geometry permits its realization using only basic standard fabrication steps. A deep etched waveguide silicon nitride…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 P. Chamorro-Posada