High-speed long-distance visible light communication based on multicolor series connection micro-LEDs and wavelength division multiplexing

Multicolor series connection micro-LED arrays with emission wavelengths of violet, blue, green, and yellow were fabricated, and their optoelectronic properties and communication performances were investigated. The designed series connection micro-LED array exhibited the light output power of multiple milliwatts, whereas mostly keeping a slightly reduced modulation bandwidth, thus, enabling a higher signal-to-noise ratio compared to a single pixel and showing superior performance in the field of long-distance visible light communication(VLC). The achievable data rates of 400-, 451-, 509-, and 556-nm micro-LED arrays using bit/power loading orthogonal frequency division multiplexing were 5.71, 4.86, 4.39, and 0.82 Gbps, respectively. The aggregate data rate of 15.78 Gbps was achieved for the proof-of-concept wavelength division multiplexing system under a transmission distance of 13 m, which was the best data rate-distance product performance for the LED-based VLC to the best of our knowledge. In addition, the long-distance VLC based on yellow micro-LED was also demonstrated for the first time in this paper.

Visible light communication system at 3.59 Gbit/s based on c-plane green micro-LED

Visible light communication(VLC)based on the micro light emitting diode(micro-LED)has attracted increasing attention owing to its high bandwidth,low power consumption,and high security.Compared with semi-polar or non-polar micro-LEDs,the commercial polar micro-LED has the advantages of low cost and more mature epitaxy technique.In this study,green micro-LEDs with different indium tin oxide(ITO)sizes are fabricated based on the commercial c-plane LED epitaxial wafer.The transmission performance of 80,100,and 150μm devices has been studied in detail.A partial pre-equalization scheme is utilized to increase data rates.Finally,the VLC system with a 100μm green micro-LED as the transmitter could achieve a maximum data rate of 3.59 Gbit/s.Such a result will be beneficial to promote the further development of low-cost,high-speed VLC devices in the future.