Visible light communications using a directly modulated 422 nm GaN laser diode

Watson, S., Tan, M., Najda, S. P., Perlin, P., Leszczynski, M., Targowski, G., Grzanka, S. and Kelly, A.E. (2013) Visible light communications using a directly modulated 422 nm GaN laser diode. Optics Letters, 38(19), p. 3792. (doi: 10.1364/OL.38.003792)

Abstract

Visible light communications using a Gallium-nitride (GaN) laser diode is reported. Devices, which are cased in TO packages, show modulation bandwidths of up to 1.4 GHz. We demonstrate error-free data transmission, defined as transmission of 1×10−9 bits without any errors, at 2.5  Gbit/s with a sensitivity of 11.5 dBm.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Watson, Dr Scott and Kelly, Professor Anthony
• Authors: Watson, S., Tan, M., Najda, S. P., Perlin, P., Leszczynski, M., Targowski, G., Grzanka, S., and Kelly, A.E.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• Journal Name: Optics Letters
• Publisher: Optical Society of America
• ISSN: 0146-9592
• ISSN (Online): 1539-4794