Assignment - 2

Ques. 1: In a 5 km long fiber, the output power is half of the input power after then what is
the loss coefficient?

a) 0.06 dB/km
b) 0.3 dB/km
c) 0.6 dB/km
d) 3 dB/km

Ques. 2: Attenuation coefficient due to Rayleigh scattering in fused silica glass fiber at
wavelength 1.55 µm will be

a) 0.015 dB/km
b) 0.15 dB/km
c) 1.5 dB/km
d) 15 dB/km

Ques. 3: 50 µW optical power from a laser diode at 1550 nm is launched into a 5 km long
fused silica glass fiber. Assume that Rayleigh scattering is the only loss mechanism at
1550 nm wavelength. Find the output power.

a) 9 µW
b) 18 µW
c) 21 µW
d) 42 µW

Ques. 4: The pulse broadening in a multimode step index fiber with n1 = 1.47, n2 = 1.465 and
length 2 km will be

a) 16.72 ps
b) 33.44 ps
c) 16.72 ns
d) 33.44 ns

Ques. 5: Find the pulse broadening in parabolic index multimode fiber with n1 = 1.47, n2 =
1.465 and length 2 km.

a) 28.44 ns
b) 56.88 ns
c) 28.44 ps
d) 56.88 ps

Ques. 6: What will be the maximum time taken by a light ray in traversing 3 km length of the
fiber having n1= 1.47, n2= 1.45
 a) 5 µs
b) 10 µs
c) 15 µs
d) 20 µs

Ques. 7: Consider an LED source at λ0 = 850 nm with a spectral width of 30 nm. Calculate
the broadening in 1 km due to material dispersion in a fused silica glass. (Given

= 0.03 µm-2)

a) 1.27 ps
b) 2.55 ps
c) 1.27 ns
d) 2.55 ns

Ques. 8: Consider an LED source at λ0 = 850 nm with a spectral width of 30 nm. Calculate
the material dispersion coefficient in ps/km-nm in fused silica glass. (Given =

0.03 µm-2)

a) -42
b) 42
c) -85
d) 85

Ques. 9: An electromagnetic wave is propagating in z-direction has its electric field

E x  a cos t and E y  a sin t then the wave is

a) Plane polarised
b) Circularly polarised
c) Elliptically polarised
d) Unpolarised

Ques. 10: An electromagnetic wave is propagating in free space in z-direction. If the electric

field is given by E  A cos(t  kz)iˆ where ω=ck then the magnetic field is given by

a) B  ( A / c) cos(t  kz) ˆj

b) B  ( A / c) sin(t  kz) ˆj

c) B  ( A / c) cos(t  kz)iˆ

d) B  ( A / c) sin(t  kz)iˆ