Survey of energy-autonomous solar cell receivers for satellite–air–ground–ocean optical wireless communication
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Kong, Meiwei
Kang, Chun Hong

Alkhazragi, Omar

Sun, Xiaobin

Guo, Yujian

Sait, Mohammed

Holguin Lerma, Jorge Alberto

Ng, Tien Khee

Ooi, Boon S.

KAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionElectrical Engineering Program
Electrical Engineering
Photonics Laboratory
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2020-10-14Online Publication Date
2020-10-14Print Publication Date
2020-11Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665602
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With the advent of the Internet of Things, energy- and bandwidth-related issues are becoming increasingly prominent in the context of supporting the massive connectivity of various smart devices. To this end, we propose that solar cells with the dual functions of energy harvesting and signal acquisition are critical for alleviating energy-related issues and enabling optical wireless communication (OWC) across the satellite–air–ground–ocean (SAGO) boundaries. Moreover, we present the first comprehensive survey on solar cell-based OWC technology. First, the historical evolution of this technology is summarized, from its beginnings to recent advances, to provide the relative merits of a variety of solar cells for simultaneous energy harvesting and OWC in different application scenarios. Second, the performance metrics, circuit design, and architectural design for energy-autonomous solar cell receivers are provided to help understand the basic principles of this technology. Finally, with a view to its future application to SAGO communication networks, we note the challenges and future trends of research related to this technology in terms of channel characterization, light source development, photodetector development, modulation and multiplexing techniques, and network implementations.Citation
Kong, M., Kang, C. H., Alkhazragi, O., Sun, X., Guo, Y., Sait, M., … Ooi, B. S. (2020). Survey of energy-autonomous solar cell receivers for satellite–air–ground–ocean optical wireless communication. Progress in Quantum Electronics, 74, 100300. doi:10.1016/j.pquantelec.2020.100300Sponsors
This study was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under funding codes BAS/1/1614-01-01, KCR/1/2081-01-01, KCR/1/4114-01-01, and GEN/1/6607-01-01, and by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. OSR-CRG2017-3417.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Progress in Quantum ElectronicsAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0079672720300598ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.pquantelec.2020.100300
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