71-Mbit/s ultraviolet-B LED communication link based on 8-QAM-OFDM modulation

Xiaobin Sun; Zhenyu Zhang; Anas Chaaban; Tien Khee Ng; Chao Shen; Rui Chen; Jianchang Yan; Haiding Sun; Xiaohang Li; Junxi Wang; Jinmin Li; Mohamed-Slim Alouini; Boon S. Ooi

doi:10.1364/oe.25.023267

71-Mbit/s ultraviolet-B LED communication link based on 8-QAM-OFDM modulation

Xiaobin Sun, Zhenyu Zhang, Anas Chaaban, Tien Khee Ng, Chao Shen, Rui Chen, Jianchang Yan, Haiding Sun, Xiaohang Li, Junxi Wang, Jinmin Li, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Boon S. Ooi

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A demonstration of ultraviolet-B (UVB) communication link is implemented utilizing quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The demonstration is based on a 294-nm UVB-light-emitting-diode (UVB-LED) with a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 9 nm and light output power of 190 μW, at 7 V, with a special silica gel lens on top of it. A −3-dB bandwidth of 29 MHz was measured and a high-speed near-solar-blind communication link with a data rate of 71 Mbit/s was achieved using 8-QAM-OFDM at perfect alignment. 23.6 Mbit/s using 2-QAM-OFDM when the angle subtended by the pointing directions of the UVB-LED and photodetector (PD) is 12 degrees, thus establishing a diffuse-line-of-sight (LOS) link. The measured bit-error rate (BER) of 2.8 × 10−4 and 2.4 × 10−4, respectively, are well below the forward error correction (FEC) criterion of 3.8 × 10−3. The demonstrated high data-rate OFDM-based UVB communication link paves the way for realizing high-speed non-line-of-sight free-space optical communications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23267
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	25
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.25.023267
State	Published - Sep 14 2017

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Acknowledgements: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) baseline funding (BAS/1/1614-01-01, BAS/1/1664-01-01); Equipment Fund BAS/1/1664-01-07.

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71-Mbit/s ultraviolet-B LED communication link based on 8-QAM-OFDM modulation

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