Experimental evaluation of LED-based solar blind NLOS communication links.
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.
Chen
Gang
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Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Abou-Galala
Feras
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Xu
Zhengyuan
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Sadler
Brian M
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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*