Valley-conserved topological integrated antenna for 100-Gbps THz 6G wireless
Ridong Jia, Sonu Kumar, Thomas Caiwei Tan, Abhishek Kumar, Yi Ji Tan, Manoj Gupta, Pascal Szriftgiser, Arokiaswami Alphones, Guillaume Ducournau, Ranjan Singh
Abstract
The topological phase revolutionized wave transport, enabling integrated photonic interconnects with sharp light bending on a chip. However, the persistent challenge of momentum mismatch during intermedium topological mode transitions due to material impedance inconsistency remains. We present a 100-Gbps topological wireless communication link using integrated photonic devices that conserve valley momentum. The valley-conserved silicon topological waveguide antenna achieves a 12.2-dBi gain, constant group delay across a 30-GHz bandwidth and enables active beam steering within a 36° angular range. The complementary metal oxide semiconductor-compatible valley-conserved devices represent a major milestone in hybrid electronic-photonic-based topological wireless communications, enabling terabit-per-second backhaul communication, high throughput, and intermedium transport of information carriers, vital for the future of communication from the sixth to X generation.