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ArticleNature communications2026

High-speed graphene-based sub-terahertz receivers enabling wireless communications for 6G and beyond.

Karuppasamy Pandian Soundarapandian, Sebastián Castilla, Stefan M Koepfli, Simone Marconi, Laurenz Kulmer, Ioannis Vangelidis, Ronny de la Bastida, Enzo Rongione, Bernat Terrés, Seth Ariel Tongay and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Karuppasamy Pandian Soundarapandian *ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9664-9095
Sebastián Castilla *ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain. sebastian.castilla@icfo.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-0525
Stefan M KoepfliETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland.
Simone MarconiICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.
Laurenz KulmerETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland.
Ioannis VangelidisDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-4166
Ronny de la BastidaCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), BIST and CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-3394
Enzo RongioneCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), BIST and CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3775-2543
Bernat TerrésICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.
Seth Ariel TongaySchool for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-984X
Kenji WatanabeResearch Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8119
Takashi TaniguchiResearch Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-3105
Elefterios LidorikisDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-9366
Klaas-Jan TielrooijCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), BIST and CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0055-6231
Juerg LeutholdETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland.
Frank H L KoppensICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain. frank.koppens@icfo.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-6120

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wireless data traffic has grown at an unprecedented rate, creating an urgent need for innovative solutions to overcome current technological limitations. Sub-terahertz (sub-THz) carrier frequencies offer increased capacity and low attenuation for short-range wireless applications. Here, we demonstrate sub-THz receivers based on graphene, which offer several advantages over state-of-the-art sub-THz receivers, such as a direct detection scheme, passive operation, and compactness. We exploit multiple concepts incorporated into a single device, including a high-quality sub-THz cavity placed in the vicinity of a high-mobility graphene channel to overcome its intrinsically low absorption. The graphene receivers achieve a multigigabit-per-second data rate with a maximum distance of  ~ 3 m from the transmitter. We demonstrate a trade-off between bandwidth and responsivity: a setup-limited 40 GHz bandwidth in low-responsivity devices, and a maximum responsivity of 0.16 A/W in devices with a 2 GHz bandwidth. Our findings enable applications such as chip-to-chip communication and close-proximity device-to-device communication.

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PMCPMC13018201

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