Facing escalating demands for high-speed,large-bandwidth,and low-latency wireless data links,laser communication technology has emerged as a promising technology.While free-space optical communication conventionally u...Facing escalating demands for high-speed,large-bandwidth,and low-latency wireless data links,laser communication technology has emerged as a promising technology.While free-space optical communication conventionally utilizes nearinfrared light sources,there has been growing interest in exploring new spectral resources,including visible lasers.Recently,laser-based white light has been demonstrated in visible light communication(VLC),with a unique capability to seamlessly integrate with illumination and display systems.This review summarizes the key devices and system technologies in semiconductor-laser-based white light for VLC-related applications.The recent advances and many emerging applications in the evolution of lighting,display,and communication are discussed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62274042,61925104,and 62031011)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(No.21ZR1406200)+1 种基金the Joint Project of China Mobile Research Institute&X-NET,Key Research and Development Program of Jiangsu Province(No.BE2021008-5)the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)(Nos.BAS/1/1614-01-01 and ORA-2022-5313).
文摘Facing escalating demands for high-speed,large-bandwidth,and low-latency wireless data links,laser communication technology has emerged as a promising technology.While free-space optical communication conventionally utilizes nearinfrared light sources,there has been growing interest in exploring new spectral resources,including visible lasers.Recently,laser-based white light has been demonstrated in visible light communication(VLC),with a unique capability to seamlessly integrate with illumination and display systems.This review summarizes the key devices and system technologies in semiconductor-laser-based white light for VLC-related applications.The recent advances and many emerging applications in the evolution of lighting,display,and communication are discussed.