245 MHz bandwidth organic light-emitting diodes used in a gigabit optical wireless data link

Kou Yoshida, Pavlos P. Manousiadis, Rui Bian, Zhe Chen, Caroline Murawski, Malte C. Gather, Harald Haas (), Graham A. Turnbull () and Ifor D. W. Samuel ()
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Kou Yoshida: University of St Andrews
Pavlos P. Manousiadis: University of St Andrews
Rui Bian: University of Edinburgh
Zhe Chen: University of Edinburgh
Caroline Murawski: University of St Andrews
Malte C. Gather: University of St Andrews
Harald Haas: University of Edinburgh
Graham A. Turnbull: University of St Andrews
Ifor D. W. Samuel: University of St Andrews

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Organic optoelectronic devices combine high-performance, simple fabrication and distinctive form factors. They are widely integrated in smart devices and wearables as flexible, high pixel density organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, and may be scaled to large area by roll-to-roll printing for lightweight solar power systems. Exceptionally thin and flexible organic devices may enable future integrated bioelectronics and security features. However, as a result of their low charge mobility, these are generally thought to be slow devices with microsecond response times, thereby limiting their full scope of potential applications. By investigating the factors limiting their bandwidth and overcoming them, we demonstrate here exceptionally fast OLEDs with bandwidths in the hundreds of MHz range. This opens up a wide range of potential applications in spectroscopy, communications, sensing and optical ranging. As an illustration of this, we have demonstrated visible light communication using OLEDs with data rates exceeding 1 gigabit per second.

Date: 2020
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