A review of gallium nitride LEDs for multi-gigabit-per-second visible light data communications

• Published in: Semiconductor science and technology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 23001 - 23040
• Main Authors: Rajbhandari, Sujan, McKendry, Jonathan J D, Herrnsdorf, Johannes, Chun, Hyunchae, Faulkner, Grahame, Haas, Harald, Watson, Ian M, O'Brien, Dominic, Dawson, Martin D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 04.01.2017
• Subjects: data-communication; gallium nitride LEDs; LEDs; visible light communication

The field of visible light communications (VLC) has gained significant interest over the last decade, in both fibre and free-space embodiments. In fibre systems, the availability of low cost polymer optical fibre (POF) that is compatible with visible data communications has been a key enabler. In fr...