High-speed integrated optical wireless system demonstrator

Dominic C. O'Brien; Grahame E. Faulkner; Kalok Jim; Emmanuel B. Zyambo; David J. Edwards; Mark Whitehead; Paul N. Stavrinou; Gareth Parry; Jacques Bellon; Martin J. N. Sibley; Vinod A. Lalithambika; Valencia M. Joyner; Rina J. Samsudin; David M. Holburn; Robert J. Mears

doi:10.1117/12.449805

27 November 2001 High-speed integrated optical wireless system demonstrator

Dominic C. O'Brien, Grahame E. Faulkner, Kalok Jim, Emmanuel B. Zyambo, David J. Edwards, Mark Whitehead, Paul N. Stavrinou, Gareth Parry, Jacques Bellon, Martin J. N. Sibley, Vinod A. Lalithambika, Valencia M. Joyner, Rina J. Samsudin, David M. Holburn, Robert J. Mears

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Proceedings Volume 4530, Optical Wireless Communications IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.449805
Event: ITCom 2001: International Symposium on the Convergence of IT and Communications, 2001, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The widespread use of Optical LANs is dependent on the ability to fabricate low cost transceiver components. These are usually complex, and fabrication involves the integration of optoelectronic and electronic devices, as well as optical components. A number of UK universities are currently involved in a project to demonstrate integrated optical wireless transceiver subsystems that can provide eyesafe line of sight in-building communication at 155Mbit/s and above, using 1550nm eyesafe emitters. The system uses two-dimensional arrays of novel microcavity LED emitters, and arrays of detectors integrated with custom CMOS integrated circuits to implement tracking transceiver components. The project includes design and fabrication of the optoelectronic devices, transimpedance amplifiers and optical systems, as well as flip-chip bonding of the optoelectronic and CMOS integrated circuits to create components scaleable to the large numbers of sources and detectors required. In this paper we report initial results from the first seven channel demonstrator system. Performance of individual components, their limitations and future directions are detailed.

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Dominic C. O'Brien, Grahame E. Faulkner, Kalok Jim, Emmanuel B. Zyambo, David J. Edwards, Mark Whitehead, Paul N. Stavrinou, Gareth Parry, Jacques Bellon, Martin J. N. Sibley, Vinod A. Lalithambika, Valencia M. Joyner, Rina J. Samsudin, David M. Holburn, and Robert J. Mears "High-speed integrated optical wireless system demonstrator", Proc. SPIE 4530, Optical Wireless Communications IV, (27 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.449805

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