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16.

QUESTION PAPERS OF PREVIOUS YEARS Course code: 18ECE4103


Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous),
Hyderabad IV-B.Tech (ECE) I semester Examination, May 2022 Optical
Communications

PART A

a) What area applications of optical fiber?

b) Cladding is an undesirable feature justify.

c) Classify absorption in fibers?

d) What are the causes of absorption in fiber cables?

e) Define coupling efficiency of LED?

f) Laser acts as an oscillatory justify.

g) What is avalanche multiplication in detectors?

h) Draw the energy band diagram for a PIN photo diode.

i) Classify active and passive components of optical communication link.

j) Define Wavelength Division Multiplexing.

PART-B

2. a) Explain the terms Numerical Aperture, Acceptance angle and critical angle in
detail.

b) The core of an optical fiber is made of glass of refractive index 1.55 and in clad
with another glass of refractive index 1.0 determine. (i) Numerical Aperture, (ii)
Acceptance Angle, and (iii) Critical angle

OR

3. a) Discuss advantages of optical fiber communication systems. Here are the


main advantages of fiber optic transmission.

b) Draw the block diagram of optical fiber communication systems.


4. a) List the difference between micro bending and Macro bending loss.

b) Mention absorption losses in fibers.

OR

5. a) Explain the scattering losses in fibers.

b) Explain about intermodal dispersion and intermodal dispersion.

6. a) Mention the requirements in choosing a source.

b) Illustrate the double heterostructure LED.

OR

7. a) Discuss briefly the distributed feedback LASER with neat sketch.

b) The optical power lauched into a optical fiber does not depend on the
wavelength of the source but only on its brightness, Justify.

8. a) List the difference between Analog and digital receivers.

b) Discuss briefly about APD with neat sketch.

OR

9. a) Discuss briefly error sources.

b) Write about the temperature effect on avalanche gain.

10. a) Briefly discuss about the planning considerations in the fiber along the link.

b) Discuss briefly about power budget and rise time budget.

OR

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11. a) Discuss about overall fiber dispersion in multimode and single mode fibers.
b) Describe about the multiplexing and point to point links.

(MODEL PAPER) Code No. 18EC4103 AR18 GEETHANJALI COLLEGE


OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY(Autonomous) B.Tech IV year I
semester Examinations OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (ECE) Time: 3hrs
Max.marks:70 Note: This question paper consists of two parts A and B Part A
is compulsory which carries 20 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B
consists of 5 units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question
carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c, d sub questions

PART –A: Each carries 2m (10x2=20 marks

) a) List out the differences between skew ray and meridional ray?

b) List out the types of dispersion? [2]

c) List out the salient features of expanded beam connector? [2]

d) Define electrical and optical 3-dB bandwidth? [2]

e) Estimate the receiver front-end rise time if the 3-dB electrical bandwidth is
5MHz? [2]

f) Define a term Timing jitter? [2]

g) Explain various fiber materials [2]

h) Discuss material dispersion and wave-guide dispersion [2]

i) Write about mode coupling and V number. [2]

j) Explain Signal distortion in optical fibers due to attenuation and absorption. [2]

PART B:

(50marks)

2. a) Calculate the number of modes at 820nm and 1.3μm in a graded- index fiber
having a parabolic-index profile (α=2), a 25μm core radius n1 =1.48 and n2=1.46.
How does this compare to a step-index fiber? [5]

b) A step-index multimode fiber with a numerical aperture of 0.20 supports


approximately 1000 modes at an 850nm wavelength.

[5] i) What is the diameter of its core? ii) How many modes does the fiber supports
at 1320nm? iii) How many modes does the fiber supports at 1550nm?
OR

3. a) Write a note on glass fibers? [5]

b) An optical signal at a specific wavelength has lost 55% of its power after
traversing 3.5km of fiber. What is the attenuation in dB/km of this fiber? [5]

4. a) With neat sketch, explain the splicing techniques used in optical fiber. [5] b)
Explain about connecter loss when two optical fibers are connected. [5] 188 OR 5.
a) Explain the working principle of surface emitting LED. [5]

b) Explain types of noise sources in optical fiber system. [5] 6. a) Explain about
digital signal transmission system.

[5] b) Explain the power launching techniques in optical fiber. [5]

OR

7. a) List out the each component choice and their features in a point-to-point link.
[5]

b) Explain how to measure attenuation in optical fiber system. [5]

8. a) Discuss about the Point to Point Fiber Optic Link and its characteristics with
an example[5]

b) Explain about link power budget with examples [5]

OR 9.a) Explain p-i-n photo detector with neat sketch.

[5] b) Explain how temperature effects on Avalanche gain in a p-i-n diode. [5]

10.a) Explain optical receiver and its configuration with a neat sketch. [5]

b) Explain optical analog receiver with the help of a block diagram. [5]

OR

11.a) Describe the eye pattern analysis for assessing the performance of a digital
fiber optical link.[5] b)What are the principles of the WDM technique? List various
advantages?

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