Transfer-printed micro-LED and polymer-based transceiver for visible light communications

Katherine  Rae; Pavlos Manousiadis; Mohamed  Islim; Liang  Yin; Jose Carreira; Jonathan McKendry; Benoit Guihabert; Ifor David William Samuel; Graham Alexander Turnbull; Nicolas Laurand; Harald  Haas; Martin  Dawson

doi:10.1364/OE.26.031474

Transfer-printed micro-LED and polymer-based transceiver for visible light communications

Katherine Rae, Pavlos Manousiadis, Mohamed Islim , Liang Yin, Jose Carreira, Jonathan McKendry, Benoit Guihabert, Ifor David William Samuel, Graham Alexander Turnbull, Nicolas Laurand, Harald Haas, Martin Dawson

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Visible light communications (VLC) is an emerging technology that uses LEDs, such as found in lighting fixtures and displays, to transmit data wirelessly. Research has so far focused on LED transmitters and on photoreceivers as separate, discrete components. Combining both types of devices into a single transceiver format will enable bi-directional VLC and offer flexibility for the development of future advanced VLC systems. Here, a proof of concept for an integrated optical transceiver is demonstrated by transfer printing a microsize LED, the transmitter, directly onto a fluorescent optical concentrator edge-coupled to a photodiode, the receiver. This integrated device can simultaneously receive (downlink) and transmit (uplink) data at rates of 416 Mbps and 165 Mbps, respectively. Its capability to operate in optical relay mode at 337 Mbps is experimentally demonstrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31474-31483
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	26
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.031474
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2018

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Organic Optoelectronics: Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Challenges and Opportunities
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI)
The Royal Society
1/08/13 → 31/07/18
Project: Standard
Ultra-parallel visable light communicati: UK Visible Light Communications
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
EPSRC
1/10/12 → 28/02/17
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Data for: "MicroLED-based transceiver for visible light communications"
Manousiadis, P. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), Turnbull, G. A. (Creator), Rae, K. J. (Creator), Islim, M. (Creator), Yin, L. (Creator), McKendry, J. (Creator), Correia-Carreira, J. (Creator), Guihabert, B. (Creator), Laurand, N. (Creator), Haas, H. (Creator) & Dawson, M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 14 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.15129/7c4e99c7-94c5-4e69-b1b5-1d9e962cf164
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Transfer-printed micro-LED and polymer-based transceiver for visible light communications

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Ultra-parallel visable light communicati: UK Visible Light Communications

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