Systems and methods for thz signal source

A receiver, comprising:

• one or more antennas configured to detect one or more radiated signals received from one or more hollow waveguides and generate one or more antenna output signals based on the one or more radiated signals, each of the one or more radiated signals being radiated electromagnetic waves configured for coherent detection and having client data encoded therein and a transmission frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz);
• a clock conditioning block configured to receive a first clock signal and adjust one or more signal characteristics of the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, the first clock signal having a first clock frequency, the second clock signal having a second clock frequency that is a harmonic frequency corresponding to the first clock frequency;
• a demodulation block configured to receive the one or more antenna output signals from the one or more antennas and the second clock signal from the clock conditioning block and modulate the one or more antenna output signals onto the second clock signal to generate one or more intermediate signals;
• a signal conditioning block configured to receive the one or more intermediate signals from the demodulation block and adjust one or more signal characteristics of the one or more intermediate signals to generate one or more baseband signals based on the one or more intermediate signals;
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• a client-side output configured to receive the one or more baseband signals from the signal conditioning block and transmit the one or more baseband signals.

A transceiver, comprising:

• a transmitter, comprising:
• a client-side input configured to receive one or more outbound baseband signals having outbound client data encoded therein;
• an outbound signal conditioning block configured to receive the one or more outbound baseband signals from the client-side input and adjust one or more signal characteristics of the one or more outbound baseband signals to generate one or more outbound intermediate signals based on the one or more outbound baseband signals;
• a clock conditioning block configured to receive a first clock signal and adjust one or more signal characteristics of the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, the first clock signal having a first clock frequency, the second clock signal having a second clock frequency that is a harmonic frequency corresponding to the first clock frequency;
• a modulation block configured to receive the one or more outbound intermediate signals from the outbound signal conditioning block and the second clock signal from the clock conditioning block and modulate the one or more outbound intermediate signals onto the second clock signal to generate one or more antenna feed signals;
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• one or more outbound antennas configured to receive the one or more antenna feed signals from the modulation block, generate one or more outbound radiated signals based on the one or more antenna feed signals, and couple the one or more outbound radiated signals into one or more first hollow waveguides, each of the one or more outbound radiated signals being radiated electromagnetic waves configured for coherent detection and having an outbound transmission frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz);
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• a receiver, comprising:
• one or more inbound antennas configured to detect one or more inbound radiated signals received from one of the one or more first hollow waveguides and one or more second hollow waveguides and generate one or more antenna output signals based on the one or more inbound radiated signals, each of the one or more radiated signals being radiated electromagnetic waves configured for coherent detection and having inbound client data encoded therein and an inbound transmission frequency in the range between 300 GHz and 10 THz;
• a demodulation block configured to receive the one or more antenna output signals from the one or more inbound antennas and the second clock signal from the clock conditioning block and modulate the one or more antenna output signals onto the second clock signal to generate one or more inbound intermediate signals;
• an inbound signal conditioning block configured to receive the one or more inbound intermediate signals from the demodulation block and adjust one or more signal characteristics of the one or more inbound intermediate signals to generate one or more inbound baseband signals based on the one or more inbound intermediate signals;
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• a client-side output configured to receive the one or more inbound baseband signals from the signal conditioning block and transmit the one or more inbound baseband signals.

A method, comprising:

• providing one or more baseband signals to a transmitter in a transport network, at least one of the one or more baseband signal having client data encoded therein, the transport network comprising one or more hollow waveguides, the transmitter coupled to the one or more hollow waveguides, and a receiver coupled to the one or more hollow waveguides;
• generating, by the transmitter, one or more radiated signals based on the one or more baseband signals, at least one of the one or more radiated signals being a radiated electromagnetic wave having a transmission frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz);
• coupling, by the transmitter, the one or more radiated signals into the one or more hollow waveguides;
• receiving, by the receiver, the one or more radiated signals from the one or more hollow waveguides;
• measuring, by the receiver, one or more signal quality parameters of the one or more radiated signals, wherein the one or more signal quality parameters include one or more of signal distortion, bit error rate (BER), spurious free dynamic range (SFDR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal dynamic range, and jitter;
• generating, by the receiver, one or more actuation controls based on the one or more signal quality parameters, each of the one or more actuation controls being configured to adjust a particular one of one or more transmitter operating parameters of the transmitter, wherein the one or more transmitter operating parameters include one or more of gain, bandwidth, equalization, linearity, and jitter;
• sending, by the receiver, an actuation control signal, the actuation control signal having the one or more actuation controls encoded therein;
• receiving, by the transmitter, the actuation control signal;
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• adjusting, by the transmitter, at least one of the one or more transmitter operating parameters of the transmitter based on the one or more actuation controls.