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Modern optical communication systems transmit multiple frequency channels, each operating very close to its theoretical limit. The total bandwidth can reach 10THz limited by the optical amplifiers. Maximizing spectral efficiency, the…

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Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) of light is a promising degree of freedom for next-generation communication. By exploiting the orthogonality of OAM modes, multi-channel division enables a linearly increase in communication performance…

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Beam alignment is required in millimeter wave communication to ensure high data rate transmission. However, with narrow beamwidth in massive MIMO, beam alignment could be computationally intensive due to the large number of beam pairs to be…

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Communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) bands is expected to become a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective mmWave communications require fast and reliable methods for beamforming at both the User Equipment…

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Mode division multiplexing (MDM) in optical fibers enables multichannel capabilities for various applications, including data transmission, quantum networks, imaging, and sensing. However, MDM optical fiber systems, usually necessities…

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