High bandwidth GaN-based micro-LEDs for multi-Gbps visible light communications

Ferreira, Ricardo X. G. and Xie, Enyuan and Mckendry, Jonathan J. D. and Rajbhandari, Sujan and Chun, Hyunchae and Faulkner, Grahame and Watson, Scott and Kelly, Anthony E. and Gu, Erdan and Penty, Richard V. and White, Ian H. and O'Brien, Dominic C. and Dawson, Martin D. (2016) High bandwidth GaN-based micro-LEDs for multi-Gbps visible light communications. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28 (19). pp. 2023-2026. ISSN 1041-1135 (https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2016.2581318)

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Abstract

Gallium-nitride (GaN) based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are highly-efficient sources for general purpose illumination. Furthermore, being semiconductor-based light sources, they are readily compatible with intelligent drive electronics. Visible light communications (VLC) is a technology which leverages these advantageous properties of GaN LEDs and can supplement existing wireless communications by offering a large, licence-free spectral bandwidth. Here we report on progress in the development of micro-scale GaN LEDs (micro-LEDs), optimised for VLC. These blue-emitting micro-LEDs are shown to have very high electrical-to-optical modulation bandwidths, exceeding 800~MHz. The data transmission capabilities of the micro-LEDs are illustrated by demonstrations using on-off-keying (OOK), pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation schemes to transmit data over free space at rates of 1.7, 3.4 and 5 Gb/s, respectively.

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Ferreira, Ricardo X. G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1731-1588, Xie, Enyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-8091, Mckendry, Jonathan J. D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-3955, Rajbhandari, Sujan, Chun, Hyunchae, Faulkner, Grahame, Watson, Scott, Kelly, Anthony E., Gu, Erdan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-9902, Penty, Richard V., White, Ian H., O'Brien, Dominic C. and Dawson, Martin D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:57053
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    21 July 2016
    Published
    15 June 2016
    Published Online
    10 June 2016
    Accepted
    19 February 2016
    Submitted
    Keywords:bandwidth, micro light-emitting diodes, GaN, optical communication, visible light-communication, OFDM, PAM, Gallium-nitride, bit error rate, current density, data communication, light emitting diodes, modulation, Electrical Engineering. Electronics Nuclear Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Jul 2016 11:47
    Last modified:15 Aug 2023 07:34
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57053
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