COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Lahore Campus

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Sessional 1 - FALL 2020 (Online Learning)
Credit
Course Title: Optical Fiber Communication Course Code: EEE455 3(3,0)
Hours:
Course Programme
Syed Ahmed Faran BSEE
Instructor/s: Name:
Semester: 7th Batch: FA17 Section:

Date October 21, 2020 Maximum Marks: 20

Student’s Ibraheem Azam Reg. No. CIIT/ FA17-BEE-055/LHR
Name:
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Question 1 [C2, CLO1, PLO1] [4,3 Marks]
A. A step index optical fiber is deployed between two cities. It has an acceptance angle cone
of 34.8° and the refractive index of the cladding 𝑛2 = 1.4468. Estimate the speed of light
in fiber core and the time it takes to reach 120km where a repeater is installed.
𝑑𝐵
B. Identify the transmission distance for a fiber link with an attenuation of 0.4 𝑘𝑚, if the power

launched in it is 2.5𝑚𝑊 and the receiver sensitivity (power level received at receiver) is
0.1𝑚𝑊. Moreover, identify the loss incurred in decibels for this case.
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Question 2 [C2, CLO1, PLO1] [3,1,3 Marks]
A. A telecommunication company is planning to upgrade its infrastructure in Islamabad. You
are asked to deploy optical fiber line between two exchanges located in sector F-5 and H-
11, making a distance of 20km. The fiber has a core diameter of 8.3𝜇𝑚 with core refractive
index 1.4513 and cladding refractive index of 1.4468. The wavelength used by source is
1550𝑛𝑚.
i. Explain using appropriate calculations if the fiber carries single mode.
ii. Explain if the 1st or 2nd or 3rd transparent window is being used in operation.

B. For the fiber in part A, identify the pulse spreading due to modal dispersion and bit rate
that can be achieved.
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Question 3 [C2, CLO1, PLO1] [6 Marks]
Table 1 shows part of the data sheet for a multimode graded index fiber optic ACU-ME050C by
SpecTran. Estimate the total dispersion experienced if a 10km fiber link is deployed using ACU-
ME050C with source 1300𝑛𝑚 wavelength source having spectral width of 50𝑛𝑚. Assume that
the cable has relative index of 0.02.

Table 1

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