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Traditional mercury lamps are inefficient. We utilize pulsed AlGaN nanowire LEDs (emission at 265 nm) with an external quantum efficiency of 15% at room temperature—a 500% improvement over 2020 benchmarks. ultraviolet unblocked
[4] Shaw, G. A., et al. (2023). NLOS UV communication for ad-hoc networks in obstructed environments. Journal of Lightwave Technology , 41(7), 1988-1999. j.sinclair@photonics.ipa.edu The author declares no competing interests
OOK (On-Off Keying) with pulse-position modulation at 500 MHz. Range: 1.2 km. Data Rate: 9.8 Gbps (measured, with BER < ( 10^{-9} )). We utilize pulsed AlGaN nanowire LEDs (emission at
This work was supported by the DARPA UV² program (Contract No. HR0011-25-2-004).
Ultraviolet communication, non-line-of-sight, solar-blind, physical layer security, AlGaN photonics. References (Selected) [1] Xu, Z., & Sadler, B. M. (2008). Ultraviolet communications: Potential and state-of-the-art. IEEE Communications Magazine , 46(5), 67-73.