Real-Time Blind Source Separation with Integrated Photonics for Wireless Signals

Publication Date: 5/7/2023

Event: CLEO 2023

Reference: SW3O.6: 1-2, 2023

Authors: Thomas Ferreira de Lima, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Joshua C. Lederman, Princeton University; Weipeng Zhang, Princeton University; Junqiang Hu, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Eric C. Blow, Princeton University; Koji Asahi, NEC Corporation; Yoshiaki Aono, NEC Corporation; Ting Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Paul R. Prucnal, Princeton University

Abstract: We demonstrate, for the first time, real-time blind source separation of interfering GHz transmitters using photonic weights controlled by an RF-System-on-Chip FPGA. This analog system achieves multi-antenna signal separation with millisecond execution latency.

Publication Link: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=cleo_si-2023-SW3O.6

Additional Publication Link: https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?uri=CLEO_SI-2023-SW3O.6&seq=0