Institute of Science, Trade & Technology

B.Sc (HONS.) IN ECE PART-III SIXTH SEMESTER MODEL TEST 2018

ECE-311 (Optical Fiber Communication)
Time- 3 hours
Full Marks – 80
[N.B – The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. Answer any five questions]

1 (a) What is Optical fiber communication? Explain the basic block diagram of 6
Optical fiber communication system.
(b) Define Optical Fiber? Briefly explain different types of Optical fiber. 5
(c) List the advantages and disadvantages of fiber Optic communication over 3
other types of communication technologies
(d) Write down some practical example of Optical fiber. 2

2 (a) Define acceptance angle and numerical aperture 2

(b) Derive the expression NA = n √ (2∆) 5
(c) Differentiate between step index fiber and graded index fiber 5
(d) What is the numerical aperture of silica fiber with n1 = 1.48 and 3
n2 = 1.46?

3 (a) What is refractive index and total internal reflection? 3

(b) What is the difference between group velocity and phase velocity? 3
(c) Derive the expression in terms of attenuation (AL) in optical fiber 6
I. Pout = PIN × 10-AL/10
II. l = 10 /𝛼 log10 𝑃 𝑖𝑛 / 𝑃 𝑜𝑢𝑡

(d) The refractive index of core of a plastic optical fiber is n1 = 1.495 and the 4
refractive index of the cladding is n2 = 1.402, under what condition will
light be trapped inside core?

4 (a) What is dispersion? Describe different types of dispersion that occurs in 4

an optical fiber
(b) Find out the expression for total time delay due to modal dispersion in 6
step index fiber
(c) A 6 km optical link consist of multimode step index fiber with a core 4
refractive index 1.5 and a relative refractive index difference of 1%
 Estimate:
(i) Delay difference between the slowest and fastest mode at fiber
output
(ii) rms pulse broadening due to intermodal dispersion to the link
(d) What is the difference between intermodal and intra modal dispersion 2

5 (a) What is photo diode? Derive the equation for quantum efficiency and 5
responsivity of a photo diode
(b) Explain the principle of APD photodiode 5
(c) List the advantages and limitations of p-i-n photodiode over a p-n 4
photodiode
(d) What do you mean by Fiber splice and connector? 2

6 (a) What is SONET? Draw and Explain a simple network with SONET 5
equipment
(b) Draw and describe FDDI specifications map to the OSI hierarchical 5
model
(c) What is Automatic Protection Switching (APS) in SONET? Describe 6
different types of APS in SONET network

7 Write a short note on the following (any four): 4x4=16

(a) WDM
(b) DWDM
(c) OFDM
(d) Optical switch
(e) Electromagnetic spectrum
(f) Repeater