Visible Light Communication Using a Blue GaN μLED and Fluorescent Polymer Color Converter

H. Chun; P. Manousiadis; Sujan Rajbhandari; D. A. Vithanage; G. Faulkner; D. Tsonev; J. J. D. McKendry; S. Videv; E. Xie; E. Gu; M. D. Dawson; H. Haas; G. A. Turnbull; I. D. W. Samuel; D. C. O'Brien

doi:10.1109/LPT.2014.2345256

Visible Light Communication Using a Blue GaN μLED and Fluorescent Polymer Color Converter

H. Chun, P. Manousiadis, Sujan Rajbhandari, D. A. Vithanage, G. Faulkner, D. Tsonev, J. J. D. McKendry, S. Videv, E. Xie, E. Gu, M. D. Dawson, H. Haas, G. A. Turnbull, I. D. W. Samuel, D. C. O'Brien

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This letter presents a novel technique to achieve high-speed visible light communication (VLC) using white light generated by a blue GaN μLED and a yellow fluorescent copolymer. We generated white light suitable for room illumination by optimizing the ratio between the blue electroluminescence of the μLED and yellow photoluminescence of the copolymer color converter. Taking advantage of the components’ high bandwidth, we demonstrated 1.68 Gb/s at a distance of 3 cm (at 240 lx illumination). To the best of our knowledge, this is the fastest white light VLC results using a single blue LED/color converter combination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2035 - 2038
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	26
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2014.2345256
Publication status	Published - 5 Aug 2014

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Keywords

III-V semiconductors
electroluminescence
fluorescence
gallium compounds
light emitting diodes
optical communication
optical polymers
photoluminescence
polymer blends
wide band gap semiconductors
GaN
bit rate 1.68 Gbit/s
blue GaN μLED
blue electroluminescence
distance 3 cm
fluorescent copolymer color converter
room illumination
visible light communication
white light VLC
yellow photoluminescence
OFDM
VLC
colour converter
illumination
micro LED
organic semiconductors
super yellow
Bandwidth
Bit error rate
Gallium nitride
Light emitting diodes
Lighting
Polymers

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Chun, H., Manousiadis, P., Rajbhandari, S., Vithanage, D. A., Faulkner, G., Tsonev, D., McKendry, J. J. D., Videv, S., Xie, E., Gu, E., Dawson, M. D., Haas, H., Turnbull, G. A., Samuel, I. D. W., & O'Brien, D. C. (2014). Visible Light Communication Using a Blue GaN μLED and Fluorescent Polymer Color Converter. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 26(20), 2035 - 2038. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2014.2345256

Chun, H, Manousiadis, P, Rajbhandari, S, Vithanage, DA, Faulkner, G, Tsonev, D, McKendry, JJD, Videv, S, Xie, E, Gu, E, Dawson, MD, Haas, H, Turnbull, GA, Samuel, IDW & O'Brien, DC 2014, 'Visible Light Communication Using a Blue GaN μLED and Fluorescent Polymer Color Converter', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 26, no. 20, pp. 2035 - 2038. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2014.2345256

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