Transfer-printed micro-LED and polymer-based transceiver for visible light communications

Autor: Rae, Katherine, Manousiadis, Pavlos, Islim , Mohamed, Yin, Liang, Carreira, Jose, McKendry, Jonathan, Guihabert, Benoit, Samuel, Ifor David William, Turnbull, Graham Alexander, Laurand, Nicolas, Haas, Harald, Dawson, Martin
Přispěvatelé: EPSRC, The Royal Society, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physics
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: Funding: This work is supported by EPSRC grant EP/K00042X/1. IDWS is a Royal Society Wolfson research merit award holder. Visible light communications (VLC) is an emerging technology that uses LEDs, such as found in lighting fixtures and displays, to transmit data wirelessly. Research has so far focused on LED transmitters and on photoreceivers as separate, discrete components. Combining both types of devices into a single transceiver format will enable bi-directional VLC and offer flexibility for the development of future advanced VLC systems. Here, a proof of concept for an integrated optical transceiver is demonstrated by transfer printing a microsize LED, the transmitter, directly onto a fluorescent optical concentrator edge-coupled to a photodiode, the receiver. This integrated device can simultaneously receive (downlink) and transmit (uplink) data at rates of 416 Mbps and 165 Mbps, respectively. Its capability to operate in optical relay mode at 337 Mbps is experimentally demonstrated. Publisher PDF
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