April may 2011

What are the advantage and disadvantages of multimode fiber?

A step index fiber has a core refractive index of 1.5 and cladding refractive index of 1.47 . determine the
acceptance angle
If the attenuation of an optical fiber is 0.2 db)km. determine the output power of a 30 km long fiber
when the input power 100w.
Define group velocity dispersion
What are the advantages of double heterostructure optical sources
List of the advantages of quantum well lasers
Why are semiconductors based photodetector preferred to other types of photodetectors?e partition
Distinguish modal noise and mode partition noise
Define wave length multiplexing
Distinguish fundamental and higher order solutions


Part B
1.Give a overview of guided ,radiation and leaky modes of optical fiber(5)
Give brief notes on linearly polarized modes of an optical fiber(5)
Determine the fraction of average optical power residing in the cladding of an step I ndex fiber having
core radius of 25 m. the fiber operates at 1300nm and has a numerical aperture of 0.22
2.Draw the explain the structure of graded index fiber with expressions for the refractive index profile ,
numerical aperture and no of guided mode (10)
Calculate the no of modes supported by a graded index fiber having a core radius