0.5-Gb/s OFDM-Based Laser Data and Power Transfer Using a GaAs Photovoltaic Cell

John Fakidis; Stefan Videv; Henning Helmers; Harald Haas

0.5-Gb/s OFDM-Based Laser Data and Power Transfer Using a GaAs Photovoltaic Cell

John Fakidis, Stefan Videv, Henning Helmers , Harald Haas

School of Engineering

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In this letter, we demonstrate for the first time the additional capability of high-speed data communication for single-junction photovoltaic (PV) cells. A record 3-dB bandwidth of 24.5 MHz is reported for a gallium arsenide (GaAs) PV cell. The PV cell is shown to achieve a power efficiency of at least 42% when irradiance of 0.46 W/cm2 is received from 847-nm vertical- cavity surface-emitted laser. Optimized bit-and-power-loaded optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is applied to use the communication bandwidth most efficiently. With this, a data rate of 0.5 Gb/s is achieved for a 2-m OFDM- based laser link. To the best of our knowledge, the reported data rates achieved with a GaAs PV cell as the detector are the highest for simultaneous optical wireless information and power transfer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society
Publication status	Published - 17 Jul 2018
Event	31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2018 - Reston, United States Duration: 30 Sept 2018 → 4 Oct 2018

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Conference	31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Reston
Period	30/09/18 → 4/10/18

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0.5-Gb/s OFDM-Based Laser Data and Power Transfer Using a GaAs Photovoltaic Cell

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