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Traditional mercury lamps are inefficient. We utilize pulsed AlGaN nanowire LEDs (emission at 265 nm) with an external quantum efficiency of 15% at room temperature—a 500% improvement over 2020 benchmarks. ultraviolet unblocked
OOK (On-Off Keying) with pulse-position modulation at 500 MHz. Range: 1.2 km. Data Rate: 9.8 Gbps (measured, with BER < ( 10^{-9} )). [2] Chen, G
A silicon carbide (SiC) avalanche photodiode with a rejection ratio of ( 10^{12} ) for visible/IR light. Dark count rates are < 10 Hz. with BER <