Optical Data Link Employing Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and Organic Photodiodes as Optoelectronic Components

• Published in: Journal of lightwave technology Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 816 - 823
• Main Authors: Punke, M., Valouch, S., Kettlitz, S.W., Gerken, M., Lemmer, U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01-04-2008; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Audio signals; Bit rate; Circuit properties; Data links; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Integrated optics. Optical fibers and wave guides; Light-emitting diodes; Miscellaneous; Optical and optoelectronic circuits; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optical interconnect; Optical interconnections; Optical interconnects; Optical polymers; Optical receivers; Optical telecommunications; Optical transmitters; Optoelectronic devices; Optoelectronics; Organic light emitting diodes; organic light-emitting diode (OLED); organic photodiode; Photodiodes; polymer optical fiber (POF); Sampling; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format (S/PDIF); Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Integrated optics; Optical links; organic photodiode; Acoustic signal; Polymer fibers; Sony/ Philips Digital Interface Format (S/PDIF); Information rate; Transmitter; Receiver; organic light-emitting diode (OLED); Photodiode; Information transmission; Sampling frequency; Audio signal; Optical interconnect; polymer optical fiber (POF); Organic light emitting diodes; Optoelectronic device; Active component; Data link; Optical interconnection; Organic electronics; Optical fiber
• ISSN: 0733-8724; 1558-2213
• DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.915206

An optical interconnect solely using organic optoelectronic components is presented. The data link is based on an organic light-emitting diode as the transmitter and an organic photodiode as the receiver. Light is transmitted via a polymer optical fiber coupled to the active components. A digitized audio signal based on the Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format standard at a signal bit rate of 2.8224 Mbit/s (44.1-kHz sampling frequency) is successfully transmitted.