S.no

Fiber Type

Source

Data Rate

Length

Year and Ref

Remarks

1

SI-POF

GaAs VCSEL

2.5 Gbps

2.5 m

1999 [3]

Short Distance Ethernet Application

2

GI-POF

Red RCLED

500 Mbps

50 m

2001 [4]

Applications in Digital TV

3

GI-POF

VCSEL

5 Gbps

50 m

2011 [5]

Discrete Tone Modulation, Application in Data Centers

4

SI-POF

Red RCLED

300 Mbps

50 m

2011 [6]

CAP modulation, Passive Equalization

5

SI-POF

Red Laser

1.25 Gbps

50 m

2012 [7]

High Speed Intra Home Networking Applications

6

SI-POF

Red RCLED

622 Mbps

30 m

2014 [8]

Home Networking Applications

7

SI-POF

Red LED

50 Mbps

10 m

2016 [This work]

4-PAM modulation, Home Networking Application

8

SI-POF

Red LED

≤100 Mbps

≤100 m

2016 [This work]

2-PAM, Home Networking Application