Evolution of optical wireless communication for B5G/6G

Z Wei, Z Wang, J Zhang, Q Li, J Zhang, HY Fu - Progress in Quantum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The research on optical wireless communication (OWC) has been going on for more than
two decades. Particularly, visible light communication (VLC), as a means of OWC combining …

Ultra-high-capacity wireless communication by means of steered narrow optical beams

T Koonen, K Mekonnen, Z Cao… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The optical spectrum offers great opportunities to resolve the congestion in radio-based
communication, aggravated by the booming demand for wireless connectivity. High-speed …

Indoor optical wireless systems: technology, trends, and applications

T Koonen - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Indoor wireless traffic is evolving at a staggering pace, and is quickly depleting radio
spectrum resources. Optical wireless communication (OWC) offers powerful solutions for …

Evolution of short-range optical wireless communications

K Wang, T Song, Y Wang, C Fang, J He… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optical wireless communication (OWC) technology explores the broad unregulated
optical spectrum to provide high-speed wireless communications, and the visible, ultraviolet …

[HTML][HTML] Reconfigurable beam system for non-line-of-sight free-space optical communication

Z Cao, X Zhang, G Osnabrugge, J Li… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable beam-shaping system to permit energy-efficient
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) free-space optical communication. Light is steered around …

[HTML][HTML] A wide-area coverage 35 Gb/s visible light communications link for indoor wireless applications

H Chun, A Gomez, C Quintana, W Zhang, G Faulkner… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Visible Light Communications (VLC) can provide both illumination and
communications and offers a means to alleviate the predicted spectrum crunch for radio …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz integration platforms using substrateless all-silicon microstructures

D Headland, M Fujita, G Carpintero, T Nagatsuma… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The absence of a suitable standard device platform for terahertz waves is currently a major
roadblock that is inhibiting the widespread adoption and exploitation of terahertz technology …

Actively controllable beam steering optical wireless communication (OWC) using integrated optical phased array (OPA)

CW Chow, YC Chang, SI Kuo, PC Kuo… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We put forward and present a demonstration of an actively controlled optical beam steering
optical wireless communication (OWC) system based on an integrated actively steerable …

Photonics-aided terahertz-wave wireless communication

K Li, J Yu - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - opg.optica.org
To meet the upcoming 6G communications challenges, terahertz-wave (THz-wave) wireless
data transmission over 100 Gb/s is urgently needed in the short term. However, advanced …

Beam-steered optical wireless communication for industry 4.0

T Koonen, KA Mekonnen, Z Cao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By means of narrow 2D-steerable infrared beams, interference-free individual wireless
connections to densely-spaced devices in industry 4.0 settings can be made. Beam steering …