EU project POF-PLUS: Gigabit transmission over 50 m of step-index plastic optical fibre for home networking

We demonstrated a Gigabit/s system for 1mm POF. Optimized Discrete Multi-tone Modulation techniques enabled 1 Gbit/s using LEDs, and 1.5 Gbit/s using VCSELs, a capability that encourages POF's use for next generation home networking.

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