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AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsBoon Siew OOI, Chun Hong KANG, Tien Khee NG, Omar ALKHAZRAGI, Osman M. BAKR
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An optical converting receiver, for changing a visible light beam into a near-infrared, NIR, light beam, includes a substrate, a non-silicon-based optical element located on the substrate and configured to receive the visible light beam and convert the visible light beam into the NIR light beam, a silicon-based optical element located on the substrate and optically coupled to the non-silicon-based optical element, the silicon-based optical element being configured to propagate the NIR light beam, and a photodetector located on the substrate and optically coupled to the silicon-based optical element, the photodetector being configured to convert the NIR light beam into an electrical signal.
An optical converting receiver for changing a visible light beam into a near-infrared, NIR, light beam, the optical converting receiver comprising:
An optical-based communication system comprising:
A visible light-based communication method, the method comprising:
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