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Coherent Terahertz Wireless Signal Transmission Using Advanced Optical Fiber Communication Technology

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Coherent terahertz signal transmission with multilevel modulation and demodulation is demonstrated using an optical sub-harmonic IQ mixer (SHIQM), which consists of optical components in advanced optical fiber communication technologies. An optical-frequency-comb-employed signal generator is capable of vector modulation as well as frequency tunability. Digital signal processing (DSP) adopted from the recently developed optical digital coherent communication can easily demodulate multi-level modulated terahertz signals by using electrical heterodyning for intermediate-frequency (IF) down conversion. This technique is applicable for mobile backhauling in the next-generation mobile communication technology directly connected to an optical fiber network as a high-speed wireless transmission link.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. Katsumi Fujii and Dr. Hidetoshi Tosaka for help in using the large-scale anechoic chamber at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan.

This work is conducted as a part of the project “R&D on amplifier technology in 300GHz band, in a part of R&D program on key technology in terahertz frequency bands”, funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.

Y. Yoshida and K. Kitayama are thankful for the financial support received from the “Agile Deployment Capability of Highly Resilient Optical and Radio Seamless Communication Systems” program of the commissioned research of the NICT.

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  2. Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 274-8601, Japan

    Yuki Yoshida & Ken-ichi Kitayama

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Kanno, A., Kuri, T., Morohashi, I. et al. Coherent Terahertz Wireless Signal Transmission Using Advanced Optical Fiber Communication Technology. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 36, 180–197 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-014-0132-6

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