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Bidirectional visible light wireless transmission supported by reflective semiconductor optical amplifier based optical access network
Author(s) -
Son YongHwan,
Kim HyunSeung,
Won YongYuk,
Han SangKook
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25946
Subject(s) - visible light communication , optical amplifier , telecommunications link , access network , transmission (telecommunications) , diode , optical fiber , optoelectronics , optical wireless , optical wireless communications , passive optical network , microwave , wireless , materials science , light emitting diode , optics , telecommunications , computer science , physics , wavelength division multiplexing , laser , wavelength
We propose the visible light communication (VLC) system based on optical access network using white light emitting diode (LED) and reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA). The RSOA is employed as an optical network unit (ONU) in order to be connected with VLC link based on white LED and photo diode (PD). The proposed architecture is demonstrated experimentally and its performance is verified through the experimental investigation of quality‐factor (Q‐factor) and eye pattern up to 20 Mb/s data. The variation of performance is shown depending on both the existence of the ambient light and the distance between the LED and PD. A 20 Mb/s downlink and uplink transmission is demonstrated in 23‐km single mode fiber (SMF) and 100 cm long wireless channel experimentally. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:1032–1036, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25946