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In this work, however, the intensity is kept constant while the polarization direction is deployed as a carrier of information. Demodulation is realized by using a differential receiver pair equipped with mutually orthogonal polarizers. An analytical expression to evaluate the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) as a function of the rotation angle of the receiver is derived. It is demonstrated that the signal quality can deteriorate heavily with receiver orientation when using a single differential receiver pair. A way to overcome this drawback using two receiver pairs is described. The analytical expression is experimentally verified through measurements with two different receiver setups. This work demonstrates the potential of polarization-based modulation in the field of VLC, where receiver rotation robustness has been achieved by means of a dedicated quadrant photodiode receiver.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20195661","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,5]],"date-time":"2020-10-05T08:35:57Z","timestamp":1601886957000},"page":"5661","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Polarization Differential Visible Light Communication: Theory and Experimental Evaluation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0667-9424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorik","family":"De Bruycker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"KU Leuven, ESAT-DRAMCO, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1753-8304","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Willem","family":"Raes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"KU Leuven, ESAT-DRAMCO, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7902-2143","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stanislav","family":"Zv\u00e1novec","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka, 16627 Prague, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3858-4796","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nobby","family":"Stevens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"KU Leuven, ESAT-DRAMCO, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1649","DOI":"10.1109\/COMST.2015.2417576","article-title":"LED Based Indoor Visible Light Communications: State of the Art","volume":"17","author":"Karunatilaka","year":"2015","journal-title":"IEEE Commun. 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