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UNIT I

OVERVIEW OF OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION


IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. What are the various elements of an optical communication system? Explain


each element in brief?
2. Give the block diagram of a digital optical communication system and
explain the function of each block?
3. Distinguish between optical fiber communication system and conventional
communication system? And List out the advantageous and disadvantage of
optical fiber communication?
4. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of guided optical
communication lines with that of microwave systems?
5. Briefly explain historical development of optical fiber communications.
6. Write in detail about ray optics?
7. What are the fiber modes? Explain mode theory for optical fibers in detail.
8. Define an optical fiber. Explain in detail different types of optical fibers
giving neat sketches?
9. Discuss the propagation modes in single -mode fiber.
10. Compare the fiber structure and numerical aperture in step index and graded
index fiber?
11.Explain the following in brief
i) Total internal reflection ii) Numerical Aperture
iii) V – number iv) Skew Rays
12.Prove that the total number of modes entering the step index fiber is M =
V2/2.
13. A single Mode step index fiber has a core diameter of 7μm and core
refractive index of 1.49. Estimate the shortest wavelength of light which
allows single mode operation when the refractive index difference for the
fiber is 1% ?
14.An optical fiber has a NA of 0.20 and a cladding refractive index of 1.59
Determine
(i) The acceptance angle for the fiber in water which has a refractive
index of 1.33
(ii) Critical angle at the core cladding interface.
15. Give three applications of optical fiber in instrumentation and explain them
with necessary figure?

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