title: Experimental evaluation of LED-based solar blind NLOS communication links.
abstract: Experimental results are reported demonstrating non-line of sight short-range ultraviolet communication link losses, and performance of photon counting detectors, operating in the solar blind spectrum regime. We employ light emitting diodes with divergent beams, a solar blind filter, and a wide field-of-view detector. Signal and noise statistics are characterized, and receiver performance is demonstrated. The effects of transmitter and receiver elevation angles, separation distance, and path loss are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Feras
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abou-Galala
authors.forename: Zhengyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012666:Semiconductors; D012993:Solar Energy; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*