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Department : ECE Faculty name : Mr.R Alexsandar,AP/BME
Subject code & Name :EC8751 &OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
Year/ Semester : IV/VII
UPC QUESTION PAPER (PART-A)

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Frequently asked university questions Univ ques
S.No
Unit

(Order of priority: University most repeated to repeated) reference

Nov /Dec
1 Write a expression for the refractive index in Graded index Fibers.
6
Nov /Dec
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL

2 Define numerical aperture.

16
April/May
3 Give the expression for the effective number of modes guided by a curved multimode fiber
5
Consider a parabolic Index wavelength with n1=1.75, n2=1.667 and core radious 25 μm. Nov /Dec
4
5

EACH 2 MARKS
Calculate the numerical aperture at the axis and at a point 20 μm from the axis.
April/May
5 What is linearly polarizedmode?
FIBERS

13
April/May
6 State Snell’s law
15
Nov /Dec
7 Distinguish between meridional rays and skew rays.
18
April/May
8 What is the necessity of cladding for an optical fiber?
15
April/May
9 Why should we prefer step index single mode fiber for long distance communication?
19
A manufacturing engineer wants to make an optical fiber that has a core index of 1.480 and Nov /Dec
10
cladding index of 1.478. What should be the core size for single mode operation at 1550nm? 18
April/May
UNIT II TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTIC OF

1 Define group velocity dispersion.

13
Nov /Dec
2 Distinguish between intramodel and intermodal dispersions.
18
A manufacturer’s data sheet list the material dispersion of a dopped fiber to be 210 ps/(nm
km) at a wavelength of 860nm. Find the rms pulse broadening per km due to material Nov /Dec
3
dispersion if the optical source is a GaAISs LED that has as spectral width of 40 nm at an 19
output wavelength of 860 nm.
OPTICAL FIBER

EACH 2 MARKS

Nov /Dec
4 What is polarization mode dispersion ?
18
April/May
5 Define signal attenuation.
15
April/May
6 What are bending losses? Name any two types.
15
April/May
7 What is Rayleigh scattering?
13
Nov /Dec
8 What are the important non-linear effects of optical amplifier communication ?
12
Nov /Dec
9 Define dispersion in multimode fibers. What is its effect ?
13
Nov /Dec
10 Define the attenuation coefficient of a fiber.
11
A GaAs optical source with a refractive index of 3.6 is coupled to a silica fiber that has a April/May
1
UNIT III OPTICAL

refractive index of 1.48 . What is the refractive for normal incidence of a plane wave 15
SOURCES AND

EACH 2 MARKS

Nov /Dec
DETECTORS

2 Define responsivity.
18
April/May
3 Why Silicon is not used to fabrics LED or LASER diode ?
19
Nov /Dec
4 What are the mechanisms behind lasing action ?
16
5 Define internal quantum efficiency of LED and Laser. Nov /Dec
15
 Nov /Dec
6 Define external quantum efficiency.
16
April/May
7 Contrast the advantages of PIN diode with APD diode.
15
April/May
8 Define detector response time.
13
Nov /Dec
9 What is dark current ?
12
Nov /Dec
10 Define quantum efficiency of a photo detector and write the expressions.
11
List out various error sources. April/May
1
13
Define quantum limit. Nov /Dec
MEASUREMENTS AND COUPLING

2
11
UNIT IV OPTICAL RECEIVER,

Nov /Dec
3 Mention the advantages of using transimpedance front and receiver configuration.
14
A digital fiber optic link operation at 1310nm, requires a maximum BER of 10^-8 Calculate Nov /Dec
4

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the required average photons per pulse. 13
Nov /Dec
5 Define bit-error rate.
16
April/May
6 State the significance of maintaining the fiber outer diameter constant.
19
Nov /Dec
7 What is cut back method ?
16
April/May
8 What are the methods used to measure fiber refractive index profile?
12
Nov /Dec
9 Define jitter.
16
Nov /Dec
10 List the factor that cause intrinsic joint in a fiber.
16
April/May
1 What is Soliton. ?
UNIT V OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

13
April/May
2 What is SONET ?
15
April/May
3 What is optical CDMA ?.
15
April/May
AND NETWORKS

4 Distinguish between fundamental and higher order solitons.

11
EACH MARKS
Calculate the number of independent signals that can be sent on a single fiber in the Nov /Dec
5
1525=1565 nm band . Take the spectral spacing as per ITU-T recommendation g.692 11
Nov /Dec
6 Define power penalty.
19
Nov /Dec
7 Distinguish SONET and SDH.
15
Nov /Dec
8 How do you ensure that the required system performance is met or not ?
16
April/May
9 Write the functions of transport and path overhead.
12
April/May
10 What is broadcast- and- select network ?
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