TERAWAY project
Published March 15, 2023 | Version v1
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Photonic Integrated Circuits for 5G-and-Beyond Networks: Enabling the mmWave Band and Beyond with InP-based Photomixers in Integrated Transceivers

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Institute of Communication and Computer Systems - National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece)
  • 2. Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (Germany)
  • 3. Intracom Telecom (Greece)
  • 4. Optagon Photonics and National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece)
  • 5. Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and Technical Univ. Berlin(Germany)

Description

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are one of the key enablers for beyond 5G networks. A novel generation of fully integrated photonic-enabled transceivers operating seamlessly in W- D- and THz-bands is developed within the EU funded project TERAWAY. Photonic  integration technology enables key photonic functionalities on a single PIC including photonic up/down conversion. For efficient down-conversion at the photonic integrated receiver, we develop the first waveguide-fed photoconductive antenna for THz communications. Finally, we report on the experimental implementation of a fully photonic-enabled link operating across W- D- and THz-bands.

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Funding

European Commission
TERAWAY - Terahertz technology for ultra-broadband and ultra-wideband operation of backhaul and fronthaul links in systems with SDN management of network and radio resources 871668