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Visible Light Communication

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Visible light communication (VLC) is a kind of optical communication using visible wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum from 380 to 780 nm.

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  1. Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan

    Chi-Wai Chow

  2. Information and Communications Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu, 31040, Taiwan

    Chien-Hung Yeh

  3. Department of Photonics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan

    Chien-Hung Yeh

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    Cheng-Chung Lee

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Chow, CW., Yeh, CH. (2015). Visible Light Communication. In: Lee, CC. (eds) The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9392-6_4

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