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

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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.

    ORCID iDs

    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:18 Apr 2021 00:41
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57053
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