Table 1 Comparison of representative works in photonic-assisted high-speed wireless communication

From: Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications

Year

Key device

Developed functionalities

Operational range (GHz)

Dynamic response speed (frequency/time)

Verified channels count

Single-channel speed (Gbps)

Dynamic spectrum management

2013 (ref. 18)

UTC-PD

Mixer

Fixed

NA

1

100

No

2019 (ref. 23)

Plasmonic-Mod.

Wireless–photonic conversion

Fixed

NA

1

50

No

2022 (ref. 15)

OFC

Carrier generation

Fixed

NA

1

131

No

2023 (ref. 19)

OFC

Carrier generation

Fixed

NA

1

60

No

2024 (ref. 16)

Bulky LN-Mod.

Wireless–photonic conversion

Fixed

NA

1

32

No

This work

Integrated circuit in TFLN

Full link

0.5–115

6 GHz/180 μs

14

100

Yes

  1. UTC, uni-travelling carrier; Mod., modulator; OFC, opitcal frequency comb; NA, not applicable.