Prof. Shlomi Arnon -
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel -
Satellite laser communication, terrestrial point-to-point optical links.
Prof. John R. Barry -
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA -
Modulation, coding and link design for wireless infrared links. Author of
work on indoor wireless optical channel characterization as well as other
seminal contributions to indoor wireless optical communications.
Prof. Anthony C. Boucouvalas -
Bournemouth University, United Kingdom-
Modelling and simulation of optical wireless communication protocols.
Channel noise modelling and eye safety requirements.
Prof. Maite Brandt-Pearce -
University of Virginia, USA -
Wireless infrared indoor multi-user communications.
Prof. Jeffrey B. Carruthers -
Boston University, USA -
Modelling and characterization of indoor wireless optical links, sub-carrier
modulation techniques, angle diversity schemes.
Prof. Pedro Castrillo
- Universidad de Valladolid, Spain -
Optoelectronic devices. Good tutorial and overview material available
(site in Spanish).
Communications Research Laboratory
- Tokyo, Japan -
a very brief description of the research taking place into eye-safe infrared
communications over long range (4km). The sole Japeneses national
laboratory into info-communications research.
Prof. Christopher C. Davis
- University of Maryland, USA -
Free-space communications in the turbulant channel. Channel
characterization, transmitter/receiver design, error control codes,
turbulence generator.
Shane M. Haas
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA -
Space-time codes for turbulent free space optical links. Stearable agile beam
technologies.
A. R. Hayes -
Sheffield Hallam University, UK -
Experimental implementation of digital pulse interval modulation for diffuse
optical channels.
Steve Hranilovic -
University of Toronto, Canada -
Research into the development of high speed, inexpensive, short distance
directed infrared links. Research primarily focused on modulation, coding
and algorithms for the optical intensity channel.
Prof. Joseph M. Kahn -
University of California, Berkeley, USA -
Research into a broad range of fields concerned with both indoor and outdoor
free space links. A great resource for papers on the topic of wireless
optical communications.
Prof. Mohsen Kavehrad -
Pennsylvania State University, USA-
Channel characterization of the indoor wireless optical channel. Diffuser
design, angle diversity receivers.
Prof. Vladimir Kuz'kov -
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine -
155Mbps analog/digital transmission in visible and infrared range. See
project overview.
Brian S. Leibowitz -
University of California, Berkeley, USA -
low area, low power CMOS optical receivers fabricated in arrays with
each pixel able to receive data at a few Mbps.
Matt Last -
University of California, Berkeley, USA -
steered laser transmitter integrating an optical source, collimating lens,
and a fast MEMS beamsteering mirror.
Prof. Adriano J. C. Moreira -
Universidade do Minho, Portugal -
Indoor wireless optical channel characterization, modulation schemes, noise
characterization.
Prof. Khoman Phang -
University of Toronto, Canada -
Reseach into novel low-voltage front end pre-amps for indoor wireless
optical communications.
Prof. Kris Pister -
University of California, Berkeley, USA -
A sensing/communication platform inside a cubic millimeter with analog
circuitry, power supply, bidirectional free-space optical link and a
microprocessor. See
Smart Dust project homepage.
C. K. See -
Sheffield Hallam University, UK -
Digital Pulse Interval Modulation - Code Division Multiple-Access
(DPIM-CDMA) for optical wireless communication systems.
Prof. Pavlos Theodorou -
University of The Aegean, Greece -
Modelling and simulation of ATM optical wireless LANs.
Jin Wang -
University of California, Berkeley USA -
Covert wireless optical communications. Optimization of link protocol and
experimental verification.
Bahram Zand -
University of Toronto, Canada -
Novel low-voltage front end pre-amps as well as multi-level analog Viterbi
detection for indoor wireless optical communications.
Xiaoming Zhu -
University of California, Berkeley USA -
Free space communications through turbulent channels. Diversity techniques
to combat turbulence induced fading.