Abstract
Multiple-quantum well (MQW) III-nitride diodes can both emit and detect light. In particular, a III-nitride diode can absorb shorter-wavelength photons generated from another III-nitride diode that shares an identical MQW structure because of the spectral overlap between the emission and detection spectra of the III-nitride diode, which establishes a wireless visible light communication system using two identical III-nitride diodes. Moreover, a wireless light communication system using a modulating retro-reflector (MRR) enables asymmetric optical links, which forms a two-way optical link using a single transmitter and receiver. Here, in association with an MRR, we propose, fabricate, and characterize asymmetric optical links using monolithic III-nitride diodes, where one III-nitride diode functions as a transmitter to emit light, an MRR reflects light with the encoded information, another monolithically integrated III-nitride diode serves as a receiver to absorb the reflected light to convert optical signals into electrical ones, and the encoded information is finally decoded. Advanced monolithic III-nitride asymmetric optical links can be developed toward Internet of Things (IoT) deployment based on such multifunction devices.
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