Printable Optical Filters for Visible Optical Communications

P. S. André, L. Nero, Vânia T. Freitas, M. S. Relvas, R. A. S. Ferreira

1Instituto de Telecomunica??es, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 2Physic Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
1Instituto de Telecomunica??es, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 3Electronics and Telecommunications Department, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
2Physic Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 4CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Physic Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2013.32B033                

Abstract

The design, production and characterization of tailored printable optical filters for visible optical communications are demonstrated. As result, the average color difference between the specified and the produced filters is 32.6, quantified in terms of CIELAB coordinates.

Keywords

Free-space Optical Communication; Wavelength Filtering Devices

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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