Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 053901(2025)

Demonstration of 123.72-Gbps D-band fiber–THz–fiber system based on full photonic conversion technology with broadband optoelectronic devices

Yaxuan Li1, Yuxin Tian2, Boyu Dong1, Yinjun Liu1, Zhe Feng1, Junwen Zhang1、*, Bing Xiong2、**, Nan Chi1, and Yi Luo2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), Department of Communication Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist)/Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    Scenario of the fiber–THz–fiber communication system based on full photonic up- and down-conversions.
    Experimental setup of the fiber–THz–fiber full photonic D-band communication system. (a)–(b) Optical spectra at points A and B.
    (a) Photograph of the MUTC-PD module; (b) frequency response versus photocurrent at 1 V reverse bias; (c) variations of output RF power with photocurrent under different frequencies.
    (a) NGMIs of 25-Gbaud 16-QAM signal versus center frequency; (b) NGMIs versus the optical power at point A; (c) NGMIs versus the optical power at point B; (d) NGMIs versus the 16-QAM signal baud rate.
    (a) NDRs with different baud rates and corresponding scaling factor v values of PS-64-QAM signals; (b) probability distributions of transmitted and received constellations.
    (a) NDRs versus optical power at point A and corresponding scaling factor v values of PS-16-QAM and PS-64-QAM signals; (b) probability distributions of transmitted and received constellations of PS-16-QAM and PS-64-QAM signals when the optical powers at point A are 16 and 23 dBm, respectively.
    • Table 1. Comparison of Full Photonic Conversion Fiber–THz–Fiber Communication Systems

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      Table 1. Comparison of Full Photonic Conversion Fiber–THz–Fiber Communication Systems

      Modulation formatCenter frequency (GHz)Fiber–wireless–fiber length (km-m-km)Net data rate (Gbps)Modulator type at RxRef.
      QPSK76.40-26.8k-027.83Phase modulator[17]
      OFDM10120-20-1053.7TFLN-MZM[18]
      OFDM151.520-0-066.67TFLN-MZM[19]
      NFDM2264-1.4k-6158.7(AIR)Plasmonic-MZM[20]
      NFDM2316-5-4200.2(AIR)Plasmonic-MZM[21]
      QPSK288.50-16-041.67Plasmonic-MZM[16]
      PS-64-QAM12310-0.6-5123.72TFLN-MZMThis work
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    Yaxuan Li, Yuxin Tian, Boyu Dong, Yinjun Liu, Zhe Feng, Junwen Zhang, Bing Xiong, Nan Chi, Yi Luo, "Demonstration of 123.72-Gbps D-band fiber–THz–fiber system based on full photonic conversion technology with broadband optoelectronic devices," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 053901 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Microwave Photonics

    Received: Oct. 25, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 18, 2024

    Published Online: May. 7, 2025

    The Author Email: Junwen Zhang (junwenzhang@fudan.edu.cn), Bing Xiong (bxiong@tsinghua.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202523.053901

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.053901

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