mm-Wave hybrid photonic wireless links for ultra-high speed wireless transmissions

Hybrid photonic-wireless transmission schemes in the mm-wave frequency range are promising candidates to enable the multi-gigabit per second data communications required from wireless and mobile networks of the 5th and future generations. Large FCC spectrum allocations for wireless transmission at 71–76GHz and 81–86GHz allow high-bandwidth, long and medium distance point-to-point links.Photonic integration may pave the way to practical applicability of such hybrid links by reduction in complexity, size and – most important – cost