Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 9, 092502(2024)

Tutorial on laser-based visible light communications [Invited]

Yuqi Hou1,2, Yue Wang3, Zengxin Li1,2, Meixin Liu1, Shulan Yi1,2, Xiaoqian Wang4, Liang Xia4, Guangyi Liu4, Jianyang Shi1,2, Ziwei Li1,2, Junwen Zhang1,2, Nan Chi1, Tien Khee Ng3, Boon S. Ooi3, and Chao Shen1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves, Ministry of Education, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2ZGC Institute of Ubiquitous-X Innovation and Applications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 3Photonics Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
  • 4China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing 100876, China
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    Yuqi Hou, Yue Wang, Zengxin Li, Meixin Liu, Shulan Yi, Xiaoqian Wang, Liang Xia, Guangyi Liu, Jianyang Shi, Ziwei Li, Junwen Zhang, Nan Chi, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi, Chao Shen, "Tutorial on laser-based visible light communications [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 092502 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Feb. 8, 2024

    Accepted: May. 9, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 30, 2024

    The Author Email: Chao Shen (chaoshen@fudan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.092502

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.092502

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