Title :
Micro-LED-based guided-wave optical links for visible light communications
Author :
Bamiedakis, N. ; Li, X. ; McKendry, J.J.D. ; Xie, E. ; Ferreira, R. ; Gu, E. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Visible light communications (VLC) have attracted considerable research interest in recent years for use in both free-space and guided-wave optical links. In this paper, we review recent work on the development of guided-wave VLC links over plastic optical fibres (POF) and multimode polymer waveguides utilising micro-pixelated light-emitting diodes (μLEDs) and pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) schemes. Record 6.25 Gb/s single-directional and 10 Gb/s bi-directional data transmission have been achieved over 10 m of POF using this low-cost technology, while low-cost waveguide-based VLC systems achieving 4 Gb/s per channel have been developed.
Keywords :
light emitting diodes; micro-optics; optical fibre communication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; pulse amplitude modulation; bi-directional data transmission; microLED-based guided-wave optical links; micropixelated light-emitting diodes; multimode polymer waveguides; plastic optical fibres; pulse amplitude modulation; single-directional data transmission; visible light communications; Bandwidth; Data communication; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Polymers; advanced modulation formats; micro-pixelated LEDs; multimode polymer waveguides; plastic optical fibres; pulse amplitude modulation; visible light communications;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193686
