Ultrabroad linewidth orange-emitting nanowires LED for high CRI laser-based white lighting and gigahertz communications

An illumination system comprising

• a white light generator including a nanowires LED in combination with a blue LD, wherein light from the nanowires LED is mixed with some light from the blue LD to yield a white light having a CRI above 80;
• and
• an optical wireless communications component configured to modulate at least some portion of light emitted from the blue LD to communicate information to a remote location while the blue LD is simultaneously contributing to the generation of the white light, wherein the nanowires LED is an InGaN-based orange nanowires LED.

A method of interior illumination comprising:

• providing a high CRI white light by combining light from an orange NWs LED and light from a blue LD, said white light being of sufficient intensity to illuminate an interior of a structure, wherein the white light has a CRI above 80;
• and
• establishing optical wireless communication within the structure interior via modulation of the blue LD by a modulator coupled to the blue LD while simultaneously illuminating the structure interior, wherein the orange NWs LED is an InGaN-based orange nanowires LED.