Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED

Mohamed Sufyan Islim; Ricardo X. Ferreira; Xiangyu He; Enyuan Xie; Stefan Videv; Shaun Viola; Scott Watson; Nikolaos Bamiedakis; Richard V. Penty; Ian H. White; Anthony E. Kelly; Erdan Gu; Harald Haas; Martin D. Dawson

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000A35

Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED

Mohamed Sufyan Islim
, Ricardo X. Ferreira
, Xiangyu He
, Enyuan Xie
, Stefan Videv
, Shaun Viola
, Scott Watson
, Nikolaos Bamiedakis
, Richard V. Penty
, Ian H. White
, Anthony E. Kelly
, Erdan Gu
, Harald Haas
, Martin D. Dawson

Vice Chancellor's Office

Edinburgh Napier University
University of Strathclyde
University of Glasgow
University of Cambridge

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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
Pages (from-to)	A35-A43
Journal	Photonics Research
Volume	5
Issue number	2
Early online date	28 Mar 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.5.000A35
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

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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

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Islim, M. S., Ferreira, R. X., He, X., Xie, E., Videv, S., Viola, S., Watson, S., Bamiedakis, N., Penty, R. V., White, I. H., Kelly, A. E., Gu, E., Haas, H., & Dawson, M. D. (2017). Towards 10 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based visible light communication using a GaN violet micro-LED. Photonics Research, 5(2), A35-A43. https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.5.000A35

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