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SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/32/2/023001
Keywords
LEDs; data-communication; visible light communication; gallium nitride LEDs
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- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/K00042X/1]
- EPSRC [EP/K00042X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K00042X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The field of visible light communications (VLC) has gained significant interest over the last decade, in both fibre and free-space embodiments. In fibre systems, the availability of low cost polymer optical fibre (POF) that is compatible with visible data communications has been a key enabler. In free-space applications, the availability of hundreds of THz of the unregulated spectrum makes VLC attractive for wireless communications. This paper provides an overview of the recent developments in VLC systems based on gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), covering aspects from sources to systems. The state-of-the-art technology enabling bandwidth of GaN LEDs in the range of >400 MHz is explored. Furthermore, advances in key technologies, including advanced modulation, equalisation, and multiplexing that have enabled free-space VLC data rates beyond 10 Gb s(-1) are also outlined.
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