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20202026
most citedEU cost action on future generation optical wireless communication technologies -- newfocus ca19111, a white paper

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19 papers

eess.SP2026

Secure Near-Field ISAC with Pinching-Antenna Systems: Exploiting Constructive-Destructive Interference

Dimitrios Bozanis, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Sotiris A. Tegos +3

This paper investigates secure near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) with pinching-antenna systems (PASS), where a base station serves legitimate users while local…

eess.SP2026

Statistical Channel Model for FSO Systems Assisted by a UAV-Mounted IRS

Ferdaous Tarhouni, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Laura Cottatellucci +2

Integrating optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) into aerial platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has been proposed to relax the line-of-sight (LoS) constr…

eess.SP2026

CMT-Aware Channel Modeling and Transmit-Power Minimization for Pinching-Antenna Systems

Chuang Luo, Gui Zhou, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +2

This letter investigates transmit-power minimization for multiuser pinching-antenna system (PAS) from a coupled-mode-theory (CMT)-aware perspective. Existing CMT-based pinching ant…

eess.SP2026

Reliable ORIS-assisted FSO Communications via HARQ

Georgios D. Chondrogiannis, Athanasios P. Chrysologou, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +3

This paper studies a free-space optical (FSO) link assisted by an optical reconfigurable intelligent surface (ORIS) and enhanced by a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme.…

eess.SP2026

Closed-form Model for Radiation Pattern of Pinching Antennas

Muhammad Zubair, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Robert Schober

In this article, we develop an analytical radiation-pattern model for pinching-antenna systems (PASS) based on a two-dimensional dielectric slab waveguide. The model is derived in…

eess.SP2026

Clustered Movable Pinching Antennas: Realizing Beamforming Gains and Target Diversity in ISAC Systems with Look-Angle-Dependent RCS

Ata Khalili, Brikena Kaziu, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +1

We investigate a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system enabled by pinching antennas (PAs), which are dynamically activated along a dielectric waveguide. Unlike p…

eess.SP2025

Resolving the Double Near-Far Problem via Wireless Powered Pinching-Antenna Networks

Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Gui Zhou, Brikena Kaziu +4

This letter introduces a novel wireless powered communication system, referred to as a wireless powered pinching-antenna network (WPPAN), utilizing a single waveguide with pinching…

eess.SP2025

Pinching Antenna-enabled ISAC Systems: Exploiting Look-Angle Dependence of RCS for Target Diversity

Ata Khalili, Brikena Kaziu, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +1

We investigate a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system supported by pinching antennas (PAs), which can be dynamically activated along a dielectric waveguide to c…

eess.SP2025

Cramér-Rao Bounds for Integrated Sensing and Communications in Pinching-Antenna Systems

Dimitrios Bozanis, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Sotiris A. Tegos +1

Pinching-antenna systems (PASs) have recently emerged as a flexible, cost-effective route to large-scale antenna deployments envisioned for integrated sensing and communications (I…

eess.SP2025

Channel Estimation for mmWave Pinching-Antenna Systems

Gui Zhou, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Zhiguo Ding +1

The full potential of pinching-antenna systems (PAS) can be unblocked if pinching antennas can be accurately activated at positions tailored for the serving users', which means tha…

cs.NI2024

Location-Driven Programmable Wireless Environments through Light-emitting RIS (LeRIS)

Dimitrios Bozanis, Dimitrios Tyrovolas, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +5

As 6G wireless networks seek to enable robust and dynamic programmable wireless environments (PWEs), reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a cornerstone for co…

cs.IT2024

Empowering Programmable Wireless Environments with Optical Anchor-based Positioning

Dimitrios Tyrovolas, Dimitrios Bozanis, Sotiris A. Tegos +5

The evolution toward sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks has introduced programmable wireless environments (PWEs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) as transformati…

eess.SP2024

Delay Dispersion in IRS-assisted FSO Links

Hedieh Ajam, Vahid Jamali, Bernhard Schmauss +1

The line-of-sight (LOS) requirement of free-space optical (FSO) systems can be relaxed by employing optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs). In this paper, we model the impa…

eess.SY2024

100 Gbps Indoor Access and 4.8 Gbps Outdoor Point-to-Point LiFi Transmission Systems using Laser-based Light Sources

Cheng Cheng, Sovan Das, Stefan Videv +12

In this paper, we demonstrate the communication capabilities of light-fidelity (LiFi) systems based on highbrightness and high-bandwidth integrated laser-based sources in a surface…

eess.SP2023

Accurate EH Modelling and Achievable Information Rate for SLIPT Systems with Multi-Junction Photovoltaic Receivers

Nikita Shanin, Hedieh Ajam, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +2

In this paper, we study optical simultaneous lightwave information and power transfer (SLIPT) systems employing photovoltaic optical receivers (RXs). To be able to efficiently harv…

cs.IT2023

EH Modelling and Achievable Rate for FSO SWIPT Systems with Non-linear Photovoltaic Receivers

Nikita Shanin, Hedieh Ajam, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +3

In this paper, we study optical simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems, where a photovoltaic optical receiver (RX) is illuminated by ambient light and…

cs.IT2023

Zero-Energy Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (zeRIS)

Dimitrios Tyrovolas, Sotiris A. Tegos, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +6

A primary objective of the forthcoming sixth generation (6G) of wireless networking is to support demanding applications, while ensuring energy efficiency. Programmable wireless en…

cs.NI2022★ 3 cited

EU cost action on future generation optical wireless communication technologies -- newfocus ca19111, a white paper

M A Khalighi, Z Ghassemlooy, S Zvanovec +12

The EU COST Action NEWFOCUS is focused on investigating radical solutions with the potential to impact the design of future wireless networks. It aims to address some of the challe…

cs.LG2020

Machine Learning in Nano-Scale Biomedical Engineering

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Sotiris A. Tegos +2

Machine learning (ML) empowers biomedical systems with the capability to optimize their performance through modeling of the available data extremely well, without using strong assu…