650 Mbps optical wireless communications using ultraviolet-C micro-light-emitting diodes

McKendry, Jonathan and Zimi, Hichem and Rajbhandari, Sujan and Ruschel, Jan and Rass, Jens and Einfeldt, Sven and Herrnsdorf, Johannes and Dawson, Martin (2025) 650 Mbps optical wireless communications using ultraviolet-C micro-light-emitting diodes. In: IEEE Photonics Conference 2025, 2025-11-09 - 2025-11-13, Singapore.

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Abstract

We demonstrate optical wireless data communications using short wavelength UVC LEDs emitting at 235 nm. Micro-pixelation of the LED active area is shown to enhance the modulation bandwidth by a factor of 2. Wireless data rates up to 650 Mbps are shown.

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McKendry, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-3955, Zimi, Hichem ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7875-8034, Rajbhandari, Sujan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-118X, Ruschel, Jan, Rass, Jens, Einfeldt, Sven, Herrnsdorf, Johannes ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3856-5782 and Dawson, Martin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989;