The book gives a detailed description of optical wireless communication (OWC), including optical laser communication, visible light communication, ultraviolet communication, underwater optical communication and future communication technologies. To achieve an integration between theory and practice, the book avoids tedious mathematical deductions and includes theoretical materials as exercises. Most of the exercises are originated from published journal articles. These exercises will aid the readers in understanding the basic concept and methods and evaluating their knowledge acquisition in the field of OWC.
The book is structured into Ten chapters that covers main aspects of OWC:
- Optical wireless communication system
- Coherent optical communication
- Modulation, demodulation, and coding
- Atmospheric channel, channel estimation, and channel equalization
- White LED communication
- Underwater laser communication
- Ultraviolet communication
- Acquisition, aiming, and tracking technology
- Partially coherent optical transmission
- Optical communication in the future
The book is a suitable reference for undergraduate or postgraduate students majored in communication engineering, electronic information engineering or computer science, as well as the engineers and technicians in related fields.
Xizheng Ke, doctor of science, is second-level professor, head of the discipline of information and communication systems of Xi'an University of Technology, and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Military-civilian Joint Construction of Intelligent Cooperative Networks in Shaanxi Province. He is a famous teacher in Shaanxi Province, fellow of Chinese Institute of Electronics, director of Chinese Optical Engineering Society, and executive director of Shaanxi Optical Society. He received a bachelor's degree from Shaanxi Institute of Technology in 1983 and a doctor of science degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1996. From 1997 to 2002, he conducted post-doctoral research at Xidian University and the Second Artillery Engineering College. He is a member of editorial board of "Journal of Electronics," "Infrared and Laser Engineering," "Journal of Electronic Measurement and Instrument," "Laser Technology," "Applied Optics," "Journal of Xi'an University of Technology," “Journal of Time and Frequency,” and “Journal of Atmospheric Science Research.” He is the national science and technology award review expert and a member of the disciplinary review group of the Shaanxi Academic Degrees Committee. In 2000, he won the Outstanding Young Scholar Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded the title of “Excellent Science and Technology Commissioner of Guangdong Province by the Ministry of Science and Technology.” In 2015, he was awarded the title of "A Golden Phoenix on Green Poplar" in Yangzhou City. In 2018, he won the China Industry-University-Research Innovation Award, and in 2019, he won the China Industry-University-Research Innovation Achievement Award. Since 2001, he has won 16 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, including 1 first prize and 5 second prizes. He has obtained more than 20 nationally authorized invention patents, published 9 monographs in Science Press, and published more than 400academic papers in domestic and foreign journals. More than 30 Ph.D. candidates have been cultivated in his direction.
Ke Dong, Ph.D., visiting scholar at Columbia University, is currently a lecturer at Xi'an University of Technology. The main research direction is wireless optical communication theory and wireless communication system.
