@article{mckendry_eye_2025,

title = {Eye and skin-safe 150 Mbps Optical Wireless Communications over 1 m using UVC LEDs},

author = {Jonathan J. D. McKendry and Hichem Zimi and Yingjie Shao and Sujan Rajbhandari and Johannes Herrnsdorf and Martin D. Dawson},

url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11007139},

doi = {10.1109/LPT.2025.3571619},

issn = {1941-0174},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

urldate = {2025-10-08},

journal = {IEEE Photonics Technology Letters},

pages = {1–1},

abstract = {We demonstrate an eye and skin-safe optical wireless communication link, at a transmission distance of 1 m, using ultraviolet-C (UVC) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting at 235 and 255 nm, with error-free data rates up to 150 Mbps. Irradiance levels at the receiver were maintained within eye and skin-safe exposure limits. Operating at these short wavelengths confers an improvement in received peak signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) compared to previous demonstrations around 270-280 nm, thanks to the higher permitted exposure limits at shorter UVC wavelengths.},

keywords = {Bandwidth, Current measurement, Light emitting diodes, Light-Emitting Diodes, OFDM, Optical receivers, Optical sensors, Optical transmitters, Optical variables measurement, optical wireless communications, OWC, Power measurement, Stimulated emission, Ultraviolet, UVC, Wireless communication},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}