Fig. 1. Our experimental demonstrations on photonics-aided W-band mm-wave signal transmission over long wireless distance (≥100 m).

Fig. 2. Experimental setup of the photonics-aided W-band mm-wave signal transmission system.

Fig. 3. (a) Photos of the optical transmitter indoors; (b) satellite map display of 4600 m wireless transmission link and the photos of the wireless transmitter and receiver.

Fig. 4. (a) Block diagram of the offline DSPs for signal recovery; (b) block diagram of PCPE algorithm.

Fig. 5. BER versus input optical power into PD for 10 Gbaud QPSK signal and the constellation diagrams under different algorithms at -2 dBm.

Fig. 6. BER versus input optical power into the PD for 10 Gbaud 16QAM signal and the constellation diagrams under different algorithms at −2 dBm.

Fig. 7. (a) BER versus IF for 10 Gbaud PS-16QAM signal at −3 dBm; (b), (c) electrical spectrum of received signal at IF 13.5 GHz and 20.2 GHz.

Fig. 8. Simulation results of 16QAM signal transmission over 4600 m with higher baud rates.

Fig. 9. Simulation results of 10 Gbaud 16QAM signal transmission in different weather.