This tutorial focuses on devices and technologies that are part of laser-based visible light communication (VLC) systems. Laser-based VLC systems have advantages over their light-emitting-diode-based counterparts, including having high transmission speed and long transmission distance. We summarize terminologies related to laser-based solid-state lighting and VLC, and further review the advances in device design and performance. The high-speed modulation characteristics of laser diodes and superluminescent diodes, the on-chip integration of optoelectronic components in the visible color regime, such as the high-speed integrated photodetector, were introduced. The modulation technology for laser-based white light communication systems, and the challenges for future development were then discussed.
Guo Yujian, Alkhazragi Omar, Kang Chun, SHEN CHAO, Mao Yuan, Sun Xiaobin, Ng Tien, Ooi B. S.. A tutorial on laser-based lighting and visible light communications: device and technology[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(4): .
