Abstract:

The first transparent Optical-THz-Optical link providing record-high line-rates up to 240 and 190 Gbit/s over distances from 5 to 115m is demonstrated. The link is based on direct data-conversion from optical to sub-THz and vice-versa.

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• Transparent Optical-THz Link at 240/192 Gbit/s over 5/115 m Enabled by Plasmonics
• Design and synthesis of chromophores with enhanced electro-optic activities in both bulk and plasmonic–organic hybrid devices
• Ultra-High-Speed 2:1 Digital Selector and Plasmonic Modulator IM/DD Transmitter Operating at 222 GBaud for Intra-Datacenter Applications
• 100 GBd IM/DD transmission over 14 km SMF in the C-band enabled by a plasmonic SSB MZM
• Transparent Optical-THz-Optical Link Transmission over 5/115 m at 240/190 Gbit/s Enabled by Plasmonics
• Low-Power Data Center Transponders Enabled by Micrometer-scale Plasmonic Modulators
• All-plasmonic Mach–Zehnder modulator enabling optical high-speed communication at the microscale
• Plasmonic Organic Hybrid Modulators—Scaling Highest Speed Photonics to the Microscale
• High-speed plasmonic modulator in a single metal layer
• Plasmonic modulator with >170 GHz bandwidth demonstrated at 100 GBd NRZ
• Reduced Equalization Needs of 100 GHz Bandwidth Plasmonic Modulators
• Microwave plasmonic mixer in a transparent fibre wireless link
• 500 GHz plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator enabling sub-THz microwave photonics