(EC 422 (NR)) IVAV B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH/APRIL 2008. (Bxamination at the end of Fourth Year, II Semester of 4 Year Course) BC OPTICAL COMMUNICATION ‘Time: Three hours ‘Maximum : 70 marks Answer question No. 1 compuleorily. Answer ONE question from each of the Unit. ALL questions carry equal marks. 1. (@)_ Whatis a Trapped Ray? (b) What is a Danger Medium? (©) Define refractive Index of a Medium? (@) What is Acceptance Cone? (e) What is relation between NA and acceptance cone angle for an optical fiber? (© What is an Index Profile? (@) What is a single Modal Fibe*? (h) | What is Modal dispersion? (What is Radiation Loss? Define pulse spreading constant.(fo) What is NRZ.cignal? (What are various coupling losses? (mm) What is Infrared light? (a) Whatis Hetero Junction? UNITI 2. (a) Discuss about step Index and Graded index Fibers with reference to () Mode of propagation (ai) Index profile and compare them, (®) When a light ray is entering from glass (4=1.5) into Ethyl Aleohol (1 = 1.36), find the angle of refraction ifthe light ray is incident at 30°, or (©) Explain about various Fibre Fabrication ‘Techniques? (@)_ A fibre is having core and cladding refractive indices of 1.5 and 1.485 respectively. The core Radius is 100 jemt. At what bending Radius does a ray travelling along the fibre axils strike the cladding at the critical angle in the bend. UNIT 3. (a) Discuss about various losses in splices and ‘connectors Or 2 (EC 422 (NR) (b) Explain about various Linear and Non Linear seattering losses in detail UNIT 4, (a) Explain about various LED structures Compare. or (b) Discuss about LASER operation and its current Vs output power characteristics, UNITIV 5. (a) Explain about various WDM Techniques. or () Explain how to measures Numerical Aperture and refractive Index of an optical Fibre, 3 (EC 422 (NR))