Japan intends to develop plastic optical fibers in conjunction with industry and academia

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is prepared to bet on a budget of nearly 200 million yen to combine industry and academia to develop new generations of optical fibers that use plastic materials instead of glass materials in order to reduce costs, and at the same time hopes to spread to general home users.
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to place a budget of 185 million yen in the next fiscal year, in conjunction with academic forces such as Keio University and Tohoku University, as well as industrial powers such as Asahi Glass, Fujifilme Records, Hitachi Cable, and Furukawa Electric. Develop new generation fiber that is cheap and easy to use and replaces current glass fiber.
Plastic optical fiber can maintain the communication speed of current glass optical fibers, and can lower raw material prices to about one tenth, so if it is laid to home users, it can save more than half of the cost, and Japan predicts that this type of material will be developed in 2006. New generation fiber.