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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…

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.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…