Abstract
Visible light communication (VLC) is a promising solution to the increasing demands for wireless connectivity. Gallium nitride micro-sized light emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) are strong candidates for VLC due to their high bandwidths. Segmented violet micro-LEDs are reported in this work with electrical-to-optical bandwidths up to 655 MHz. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based VLC system with adaptive bit and energy loading is demonstrated, and a data transmission rate of 11.95 Gb/s is achieved with a violet micro-LED, when the nonlinear distortion of the micro-LED is the dominant noise source of the VLC system. A record 7.91 Gb/s data transmission rate is reported below the forward error correction threshold using a single pixel of the segmented array when all the noise sources of the VLC system are present.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | A35-A43 |
Journal | Photonics Research |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 28 Mar 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2017 |
Funding
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/K00042X/1, EP/M506515/1).
Keywords
- Free-space optical communication
- Light-emitting diodes
- Micro-optical devices
- Optical communications
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics