Recent status of the polymer optical fiber (POF) for high speed data communication is reviewed. In this paper, two types of graded-index (GI) POFs, i.e. PMMA-base GI POF and perfluorinated (PF) polymer base GI POF, are described. The PMMA base GI POF is expected as the media of home networking based on IEEE 1394 S400 for up to 100 m distance, On the other hand, the PF polymer base GI POF has the possibility of achieving the highest bit rate among existing physical media including even silica fiber, since the material dispersion of the PF polymer is lower than those of silica and other polymer materials. Therefore, more than 10Gb/s bit rate transmission such as 10giga Ethernet can be achieved by the POF polymer base GI POF with using any wavelength form visible to 1.3 mum wavelength region.
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