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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

M. E. - SEMESTER II EXAMINATION WINTER 2012

Subject code: 1710405 Subject Name: Fiber optic Communication Time: 02.30 pm 05.00 pm

Date: 04/01/2013 Total Marks: 70

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions. 2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary. 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks. Q.1 (a) Draw block diagram of optical fiber communication system. Explain 07 various components of OFC system. Compare OFC system with other communication system. (b) (1) Explain following terms: (6) 07 (i) Wave model (ii) Quantum Noise (iii) WDM (2) Draw multimode step and graded index fiber profile (1) (a) What do you mean by signal degradation? Explain various attenuation 07 losses in optical fiber. (b) What is dispersion? How it effects the Bandwidth of optical fiber? 07 Explain various types of dispersion. Derive equation for intermodal dispersion. OR (b) A multimode step index fiber has a relative refractive index difference 07 of 1% and refractive index of 1.46. The maximum BW that my be obtained with the particular source on 4.5km length is 3.1MHz. (1) Calculate rms pulse broadening due to intra modal dispersion (2) Assuming wave guide dispersion may be ignored estimate the rms spectral width of the source used if material dispersion parameter is 90. (a) Write short note on OTDR (b) Explain various desirable characteristics of optical source and detector . Compare LED and LASER as an optical source. OR (a) Write short note on Optical splicing techniques. (b) Explain Non linear effects in fiber optic link 07 07

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(a) Explain (i) population inversion (4) 07 (ii) Avalanche photodiode (3) Explain various LED efficiencies with necessary formulas and 07 (b) derivations.
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(a) Explain any one LED structure and Any one LASER structure 07 (b) A planner LED is fabricated from GaAs which has refractive index of 07 3.6. (1) Calculate the optical power emitted into air as a % of the internal optical power for device when the Transmission factor
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at the crystal air interface is 0.68. (2) When the optical power generated internally is 50% of the electric power supply determine the external power efficiency. Q.5 (a) Write short note on Raman amplifier (b) (1) Explain (6) (i) dark current noise (ii) graded index fiber (iii) indirect band gap energy (2) Explain why single mode fiber give least dispersion? (1) OR (a) Compare photo diode and APD (4) Explain power penalties with respect to OFC system (3) Write short note on LASER Rate Equation. (b)
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