Publication date: 15th December 2025
Proliferation of data-intensive applications has posed challenges for existing wireless connectivity. As a potential alternative to existing WiFi technology, optical wireless communication (OWC) integrates data communication with ambient lighting and can act as next-generation high-speed free-space data communication platform. OWC transmits data by modulating light intensity, with data transmission capacity dependent on the switching speed of the emitter. In addition to making faster emitters, the capacity can be enhanced by sending data simultaneously across multiple independent channels at different wavelengths.
In this talk, I will discuss the requirements of novel emitter materials and how to test their merit for application in OWC. My discussion will connect the fields of materials science and photophysics with the application and performance of novel emitters in communication systems.
Based on these considerations, I will highlight the great potential of perovskite nanocrystals for OWC applications and show our recent results towards establishing a multi-channel communication platform based on different perovskite compositions as luminescence converters. In particular, I will discuss how we employed advanced keying schemes and data processing to achieve data transmission rates on the order of Gbit/s.
