Modern-day communications rely on both fibre-optic cables and wireless radiofrequency (RF) microwave communications. Reaching higher data transmission capabilities is going to require technologies ...

Optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs) represent a pivotal technology at the intersection of photonics and microwave engineering. By exploiting the long delay lines provided by optical fibres and high‐Q ...

Microwave photonic signal processing is an emerging field that exploits the interplay between microwave signals and photonic components to achieve functionalities that exceed the limitations of ...

Vector modulation is increasingly used in microwave and satellite communication applications, but generating vector-modulated signals for measurement can be difficult and expensive. However, using ...

Quantum communication systems are emerging solutions to transmit information between devices in a network leveraging quantum ...

The Photonics Research Group and IDlab, two imec research groups at Ghent University, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, have published ...

Quantum technologies, which leverage quantum mechanical effects to process information, could outperform their classical counterparts in some complex and advanced tasks. The development and real-world ...

A new soil-moisture retrieval strategy has improved the accuracy of satellite-based moisture mapping by combining microwave ...

Astronomers detect a laser-like signal coming from colliding galaxies 8 billion light-years away. A cosmic mystery.

Physicists have coaxed a cloud of quantum spins into doing something that should not happen in ordinary materials: they light up with microwaves and simply keep going. Instead of fading away, the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...