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OPTICA
卷 6, 期 8, 页码 1063-1070出版社
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.6.001063
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- H2020 European Research Council (ERC) (TeraSHAPE) [773248]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (GOSPEL) [403187440]
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
- Helmholtz International Research School for Teratronics (HIRST)
- Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP)
- Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF)
Photonics might play a key role in future wireless communication systems that operate at terahertz (THz) carrier frequencies. A prime example is the generation of THz data streams by mixing optical signals in high-speed photodetectors. Over previous years, this concept has enabled a series of wireless transmission experiments at record-high data rates. Reception of THz signals in these experiments, however, still relied on electronic circuits. In this paper, we show that wireless THz receivers can also greatly benefit from optoelectronic signal processing techniques, in particular when carrier frequencies beyond 0.1 THz and wideband tunability over more than an octave is required. Our approach relies on a high-speed photoconductor and a photonic local oscillator for optoelectronic downconversion of THz data signals to an intermediate frequency band that is easily accessible by conventional microelectronics. By tuning the frequency of the photonic local oscillator, we can cover a wide range of carrier frequencies between 0.03 and 0.34 THz. We demonstrate line rates of up to 10 Gbit/s on a single channel and up to 30 Gbit/s on multiple channels transmitted over a distance of 58 m. To the best of our knowledge, our experiments represent the first demonstration of a THz communication link that exploits optoelectronic signal processing techniques both at the transmitter and the receiver. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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