Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for utilizing aircraft cockpit and cabin lighting to provide both power and data transmission to occupants. Data and power may be transmitted on non-visible and/or visible spectrums. The visible light may be used independently for aircraft illumination. Data for the cockpit allows for quick upload and download of flight planning and maintenance data to an electronic flight bag. The electronic flight bag may also be able to receive power from cockpit and cabin lighting during flight.

A system comprises a writer to form a plurality of color mits on a base material, wherein at least one of the color mits may represent computer-readable instructions comprising data other than pixel-image data. The plurality of color mits may include a first color mit and a second color mit, wherein the first color mit represents information data, and the second color mit represents that the first color mit contains a particular type of information data. The system also may include a reader to read colors of the plurality of color mits on the base material. The system may comprise a device to map at least one of the color mits to computer-readable instructions. The system may further comprise a processor configured to transmit signals using a colored light.

An LED may have structures optimized for speed of operation of the LED. The LED may be a microLED. The LED may have a p-doped region with one or more quantum wells instead of an intrinsic region. The LED may have etched vias therethrough.

A coherent fiber bundle may be used to optically connect an array of microLEDs to an array of photodetectors in an optical communication system.

An optical signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is an optical signal transmission method in which a processor performs at least part of each operation, and may include an operation of receiving a data stream, an operation of separating at least part of the data stream into three channels, modulating the separated data streams respectively according to M-ary frequency shift keying (M-FSK) scheme so as to produce an FSK modulated signal, an operation of combining a plurality of FSK modulated signals modulated respectively in the three channels, and producing a color modulated signal according to a bit-color mapping table set in advance, and an operation of transmitting the color modulated signal by controlling a light source of the same optical channel based on the color modulated signal.

A transmitter for an optical communication network includes a primary laser source input substantially confined to a single longitudinal mode, an input data stream, and a modulator including at least one secondary laser having a resonator frequency of the single longitudinal mode of the primary laser source. The modulator is configured to receive the primary laser source input and the input data stream, and output a laser modulated data stream.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and system for beam forming and beam steering within ultra-wideband, wireless optical communication devices and systems. According to one embodiment, a free space optical (FSO) communication apparatus is disclosed. The FSO communication apparatus includes an array of optical sources wherein each optical source of the array of optical sources is individually controllable and each optical source configured to have a transient response time of less than 500 picoseconds (ps).

Disclosed in a communication device including a light source over a substrate and a liquid crystal element over the light source. The light source includes first to third light-emitting elements and first to third light-guide plates. The first light-emitting element is configured to emit first light. The second light-emitting element is configured to emit second light different in wavelength from the first light. The third light-emitting element is configured to emit third light different in wavelength from the first light and the second light. The first to third light-guide plates are arranged in a stripe shape and is configured so that the first light to the third light are respectively incident thereon. The liquid crystal element overlaps the first to third light-guide plates. The liquid crystal element is configured to independently control irradiation regions of the first to third lights incident through the first to third light-guide plates.

A pulsed light communication device has a plurality of indicator light emitting diodes emitting diodes emitting at least one of a plurality of wavelengths of colored light to correspond to a designated color assigned to a security level for a network. A continuous uninterrupted modulated pulsed light emitting diode light signal may be generated having a sensitivity threshold detection level exceeding minimal parameters of a photodetector.

A transceiver assembly for a wireless power transfer system includes a transceiver system comprising a photodiode assembly, a voltage converter and a light emitting diode and a photodiode. The photodiode assembly may be configured to receive a high-power laser beam from a transmitter and to convert the high-power laser beam to electrical energy. The voltage converter may be configured to adjust an input impedance based on a voltage measure of the photodiode assembly so as to maximize power transfer from the photodiode assembly to an energy storage device electrically coupled to the voltage converter. The light emitting diode and the photodiode may be configured to enable free space optical communication with the transmitter. The light emitting diode may emit signals indicating a presence and a location of the transceiver to the transmitter at least when the energy storage device requires a charge.