Abstract

Multifunctional convergence is one of the key physical features in future generation networks and Internet of things architectures. In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a unified terahertz (THz) system operating in the 300 GHz band, with a potential of simultaneously enabling high-speed communication and high-resolution ranging over a common optical infrastructure. Both THz communication and THz sensing signals are generated based on THz photonics and cutting-edge terahertz transceiver technologies. In the experiment, 16-quadrature amplitude modulation modulated THz signal is generated by photo-mixing two free running lasers for the communication, and linear frequency modulated (LFM) THz pulses are generated based on optical interferometer-based frequency-to-time mapping (FTM) for sensing. The experimental results show that up to 56 Gbit/s net rate is successfully transmitted over a 2 m free-space line-of-sight link, and the THz LFM pulses with a time-bandwidth product of up to 207 are successfully generated, which is potentially able to enable a cm-scale range resolution. We also investigate the frequency multiplexing schemes for two signals by changing the channel gap at the transmitter side. To the best of our knowledge, such a system represents the first demonstration of integrated generation system in the THz region above 300 GHz, which has great potential in prospective applications of future converged networks.

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