Manuel José Matias de Freitas

Manuel Freitas

Academic position:	PhD Student
Joining date:	01-01-2022
Roles in IT:	PhD Student
Thematic Line:	Optics and Photonics
Group:	Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co

IT – Coimbra
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Pole II
P-3030-290 COIMBRA
Tel: +351 239 796 236
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Scientific Achievements

Thesis Information

Developing Multi-Terabit Optical Wireless Communications for Next-Generation 6G and SatCom Applications, Instituto de Telecomunicações, PhD Student, Manuel José Matias de Freitas, Supervisor: G. Fernandes, Co-supervisor: F. P. Guiomar, set-2023 - set-2027

Publications

5Papers in Journals

M. Freitas, M. Fernandes, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, G. Fernandes, Integrated Fiber Coupling and Position Sensing for FSO Communications Using Multi-Core Fibers, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 43, No. 18, pp. 8516 - 8524, September, 2025 | BibTex
M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, B. Brandão, M. Freitas, N. K. Kaai, A. T. Tomeeva, B. D. W. Wielen, J. R. Reid, D. R. Raiteri, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, 4 Tbps+ FSO Field Trial Over 1.8 km With Turbulence Mitigation and FEC Optimization, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 4060 - 4067, June, 2024,
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M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, B. Brandão, M. Freitas, N. K. Kaai, B. D. W. Wielen, J. R. Reid, D. R. Raiteri, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, Unraveling "Fiber in the Sky": Terabit Capacity Enabled by Coherent Optical Wireless, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 40 - 46, March, 2024,
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M. Freitas, M. Fernandes, Pedro A. Loureiro Loureiro, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, G. Fernandes, Robust and cost-efficient FSO transmission using a multi-mode fiber-coupled receiver, Optics Continuum, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 227 - 227, February, 2024,
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M. Freitas, M. Fernandes, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, G. Fernandes, Requirements and Solutions for Robust Beam Alignment in Fiber-Coupled Free-Space Optical Systems, Photonics, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 394 - 394, April, 2023,
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5Papers in Conferences

V. C. Correia, M. Freitas, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, G. Fernandes, Multicore Fiber Coupling: A Path to Eye-Safe and Reliable FSO Communications, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Francisco, United States, April, 2025 | BibTex
M. Freitas, M. Fernandes, B. Brandão, N. K. Kaai, A. T. Tomeeva, B. D. W. Wielen, J. R. Reid, D. R. Raiteri, P. Monteiro, G. Fernandes, F. P. Guiomar, Post-FEC BER Assessment with Optimized Decoding Latency for 400 Gbps Transmission Over a 1.8 km FSO Field Trial, 50th European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC2024 The 50th Euro ECOC2024, Frankfurt, Germany, September, 2024,
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M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, B. Brandão, M. Freitas, N. K. Kaai, A. T. Tomeeva, B. D. W. Wielen, J. R. Reid, D. R. Raiteri, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, Eye-Safe Terabit-Class WDM Optical Wireless: How Many Channels are Enough?, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Diego, United States, Vol., pp. -, March, 2024,
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M. Freitas, M. Fernandes, V. C. Correia, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, G. Fernandes, Reliability Enhancement in FSO Communications Using FMF Assisted by Subcarrier Multiplexing, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Diego, United States, Vol., pp. -, March, 2024,
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M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, B. Brandão, M. Freitas, N. K. Kaai, A. T. Tomeeva, B. D. W. Wielen, J. R. Reid, D. R. Raiteri, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, Achieving Multi-Terabit FSO Capacity with Coherent WDM Transmission Over a 1.8 km Field Trial, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. -, October, 2023,
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Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
GLOB-N	A Global Optical Network: seamless integration of Fiber and SatCom	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia	02-02-2026	01-08-2027

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Dior	Deep Intelligent Optical and Radio Communication Networks	EC	01-12-2021	30-11-2025
DSP4FSO-2	Digital Signal Processing for Free-Space Optics - Phase 2	Hardware Innovation Technologies (HwIT)	06-05-2025	05-05-2026
OptWire	Next-Generation Optical Wireless Communications Enabled by Artificial Intelligence	FCT	01-12-2021	30-11-2024
SenSat	Integrated Communications and Sensing for Next-Generation Optical Satellite Networks	FCT	01-01-2025	30-06-2026

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