High-Speed and Long-Distance Photonics-Aided Terahertz Wireless Communication

Abstract

Terahertz (THz) photonics technique can break through the bandwidth limitation of electronic mixing method and be seamless integrated with optical access networks, which has bright prospects in future 6G broadband communication. However, due to the bottleneck of photoelectric conversion efficiency of uni-travelling photodiode (UTC-PD), the power of the generated THz-wave signal is usually only in the microwatt level, and the THz-wave wireless transmission distance is short. In this paper, we summarize the key techniques we use to extend the wireless range for photonics-aided THz-wave communication, which includes THz-wave amplifiers and antennas, heterodyne detection, probabilistic shaping (PS) technique as well as advanced digital signal processing (DSP). Meanwhile, we report our recent research including 104\200\400-m photonics-aided THz-wave wireless transmission records.