SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY

(Established under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Course & Branch: B.E – ECE
Title of the paper: Optical Communication
Semester: VII Max.Marks: 80
Sub.Code: 513702 Time: 3 Hours
Date: 04-09-2009 Session: FN

PART - A (10 X 2 = 20)

Answer ALL the Questions

1. What is Snell’s law?

2. What is the necessity of cladding for an optical fiber?

3. What is material dispersion?

4. What do you mean by extrinsic absorption?

5. Differentiate LEDs and Laser diodes.

6. Define avalanche effect.

7. The specifications of the light sources are converted to equivalent

rise time in rise time budget. Why?

8. What are splices? What are the requirements of splices?

9. What is ISI and what are the causes of ISI?

10. Define Quantum limit.

PART – B (5 x 12 = 60)
Answer All the Questions
11. Discuss the mode theory of circular waveguides.
(or)
12. Explain in detail about single-mode fiber.

13. Explain in detail about fiber fabrication.

(or)
14. What is Pulse Broadening? Derive the expression for the same in
Graded index Waveguides.

15. Write in detail about avalanche photodiodes.

(or)
16. Give an account on LED structures.

17. Explain the rise-time budget of a fiber-optic point-to-point link.

(or)
18. Discuss the operational principles of WDM and its key features.

19. Discuss in detail digital receiver performance calculation in

detail.
(or)
20. Discuss the performance of digital receiver by defining the
probability of error.