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Jonathan J. D. McKendry

Jonathan J. D. McKendry

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6291
World Ranking
4702
National Ranking
248

Overview

Jonathan J. D. McKendry is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses predominantly on engineering and physics, particularly within electrical and electronic engineering, condensed matter physics, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Among their recent publications are:

  • "A full degree-of-freedom spatiotemporal light modulator," 2022, Nature Photonics
  • "Over 10 Gbps VLC for Long-Distance Applications Using a GaN-Based Series-Biased Micro-LED Array," 2020, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • "AlGaN Ultraviolet Micro-LEDs," 2022, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • "Gallium nitride micro-light-emitting diode structured light sources for multi-modal optical wireless communications systems," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "10 Gbps wavelength division multiplexing using UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C micro-LEDs," 2021, Photonics Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan J. D. McKendry include:

  • Martin D. Dawson
  • Johannes Herrnsdorf
  • Enyuan Xie
  • Erdan Gu
  • Michael J. Strain

Published work appears regularly in scientific venues such as:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Optics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Photonics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology

Best Publications

  • A 3-Gb/s Single-LED OFDM-Based Wireless VLC Link Using a Gallium Nitride $\mu{ m LED}$

    Dobroslav Tsonev;Hyunchae Chun;Sujan Rajbhandari;Jonathan J. D. McKendry

  • High Bandwidth GaN-Based Micro-LEDs for Multi-Gb/s Visible Light Communications

    Ricardo X. G. Ferreira;Enyuan Xie;Jonathan J. D. McKendry;Sujan Rajbhandari

  • Visible-Light Communications Using a CMOS-Controlled Micro-Light- Emitting-Diode Array

    J. J. D. McKendry;D. Massoubre;S. Zhang;B. R. Rae

  • Size-dependent light output, spectral shift, and self-heating of 400 nm InGaN light-emitting diodes

    Zheng Gong;Shirong Jin;Yujie Chen;Jonathan McKendry

  • Size-dependent efficiency and efficiency droop of blue InGaN micro-light emitting diodes

    Pengfei Tian;Jonathan McKendry;Zheng Gong;Benoit Jack Eloi Guilhabert

  • A review of gallium nitride LEDs for multi-gigabit-per-second visible light data communications

    Sujan Rajbhandari;Sujan Rajbhandari;Jonathan J D McKendry;Johannes Herrnsdorf;Hyunchae Chun

  • High-Speed Visible Light Communications Using Individual Pixels in a Micro Light-Emitting Diode Array

    Jonathan J D McKendry;Richard P Green;A E Kelly;Zheng Gong

  • LED Based Wavelength Division Multiplexed 10 Gb/s Visible Light Communications

    Hyunchae Chun;Sujan Rajbhandari;Grahame Faulkner;Dobroslav Tsonev

  • Active-Matrix GaN Micro Light-Emitting Diode Display With Unprecedented Brightness

    Johannes Herrnsdorf;Jonathan J. D. McKendry;Shuailong Zhang;Enyuan Xie

  • High-Speed Integrated Visible Light Communication System: Device Constraints and Design Considerations

    Sujan Rajbhandari;Hyunchae Chun;Grahame Faulkner;Katherine Cameron

  • 1.5 Gbit/s Multi-Channel Visible Light Communications Using CMOS-Controlled GaN-Based LEDs

    Shuailong Zhang;S. Watson;J. J. D. McKendry;D. Massoubre

  • Visible light communication using a blue GaN mu LED and fluorescent polymer color converter

    Hyunchae Chun;Pavlos Manousiadis;Sujan Rajbhandari;Dimali A. Vithanage

  • The Impact of Solar Irradiance on Visible Light Communications

    Mohamed Sufyan Islim;Stefan Videv;Majid Safari;Enyuan Xie

  • 1 Gbps free-space deep-ultraviolet communications based on III-nitride micro-LEDs emitting at 262 nm

    Xiangyu He;Enyuan Xie;Mohamed Sufyan Islim;Ardimas Andi Purwita

  • Characteristics and applications of micro-pixelated GaN-based light emitting diodes on Si substrates

    Pengfei Tian;Jonathan J. D. McKendry;Zheng Gong;Shuailong Zhang

  • Individually Addressable AlInGaN Micro-LED Arrays With CMOS Control and Subnanosecond Output Pulses

    J. McKendry;B.R. Rae;Zheng Gong;K.R. Muir

  • Wireless Visible Light Communications Employing Feed-Forward Pre-Equalization and PAM-4 Modulation

    X. Li;N. Bamiedakis;X. Guo;J. J. D. McKendry

  • Modulation bandwidth studies of recombination processes in blue and green InGaN quantum well micro-light-emitting diodes

    Richard P. Green;Jonathan J. D. McKendry;David Massoubre;Erdan Gu

  • Over 10 Gbps VLC for Long-Distance Applications Using a GaN-Based Series-Biased Micro-LED Array

    Enyuan Xie;Rui Bian;Xiangyu He;Mohamed Sufyan Islim

  • Heterogeneous integration of gallium nitride light-emitting diodes on diamond and silica by transfer printing.

    A. J. Trindade;B. Guilhabert;E. Y. Xie;R. Ferreira

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-OP

    C. Griffin;J. McKendry;Hongxing Zhang;Z. Gong

Frequent Co-Authors

Erdan Gu
Erdan Gu University of Strathclyde
Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson University of Edinburgh
Harald Haas
Harald Haas University of Cambridge
Anthony E. Kelly
Anthony E. Kelly University of Glasgow
Dominic O'Brien
Dominic O'Brien University of Oxford
Grahame Faulkner
Grahame Faulkner University of Oxford
Michael J. Strain
Michael J. Strain University of Strathclyde
Ian H. White
Ian H. White University of Bath
Richard V. Penty
Richard V. Penty University of Cambridge
Graham A. Turnbull
Graham A. Turnbull University of St Andrews

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