Exploiting luminescent solar concentrators in indoor visible light communication systems

Year: 2025

Authors: Cossu G., Gilli L., Oliviero L., Meucci M., Aresti M., Calamante M., Pucci A., Catani J., Ciaramella E.

Autors Affiliation: Scuola Super Sant Anna, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; CNR INO Ist Nazl Ott CNR, Via Nello Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; LENS, European Lab NonLinear Spect, Via Nello Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; CNR ICCOM Ist Chim Composti Organometall CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Florence, Dipartimento Chim Ugo Schiff, Via Lastruccia 10-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Chim & Chim Ind, Via Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.

Abstract: Visible Light Communication (VLC) is a breakthrough technology, enabling a new type of wireless communications in both indoor and outdoor. For the first time, here we achieve VLC transmission in indoor by combining a new and innovative, large-Field of View (FoV) receiver with commercial high-power white Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). After careful characterization and optimization of the devices, we assess the system performance by Bit Error Ratio (BER) measurements. Then, in a realistic configuration, we perform several transmission tests. We transmit a real-time 10 Mbit/s HD video stream. Finally, mixed-color white LEDs are also shown to be instrumental in improving the performance. Our work paves the way to the deployment of the proposed solution in real scenarios.

Journal/Review: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Volume: 15 (1)      Pages from: 16509-1  to: 16509-10

More Information: This work was partially supported by the European Union under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan of NextGenerationEU, partnership on Telecommunications of the Future (PE00000001 – program RESTART), and in part by the European Union -NextGenerationEU, Integrated infrastructure initiative in Photonic and Quantum Sciences – I-PHOQS under Grants IR0000016, ID D2B8D520, and CUP B53C22001750006.
KeyWords: Visible light communication; Luminescent solar concentrator; Light emitting diode
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00932-4