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    Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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    GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


    BE - SEMESTER–VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2023
    Subject Code:3161005 Date:05-12-2023
    Subject Name:Fiber Optic Communication
    Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks:70
    Instructions:
    1. Attempt all questions.
    2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
    3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
    4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

    MARKS
    Q.1 (a) List any three advantages of fiber optic communication. 03
    (b) Calculate the carrier frequency and photon energy (in eV) for the 04
    following optical communication systems:
    (i) Operating at 1.3 µm and (ii) operating at 1.5 µm.
    (c) A step index fiber has following parameters: n1=1.475, n2=1.460 and 07
    core radius of 25 µm. Determine
    (i) Total number of reflections over a length of 1 km of the fiber. (ii)
    The total loss over 1 km, if the power loss is 0.01% at each reflection,

    Q.2 (a) Classify the various types of attenuations observed in fiber optic 03
    communication.
    (b) A point source of light is 12 cm below the surface of a large body of 04
    water (ƞ=1.33). Find the radius of the largest circle on the water
    surface through which the light can emerge.
    (c) Derive an expression for pulse broadening due to intermodal 07
    dispersion in a multimode step index fiber.
    OR
    (c) Explain the experimental method to measure Numerical 07
    Aperture(NA) and derive the relevant mathematical expression for
    NA using the same.
    Q.3 (a) Compare step index fiber with graded index fiber. 03
    (b) Explain the concept of dispersion shifted fibers and dispersion 04
    flattened fibers.
    (c) An 850 nm, graded index, multimode 50 Mbps fiber optic system 07
    with 2dB/km loss is used for a network. The source delivers -16 dBm
    power with 50 nm spectral width and the detector has a sensitivity
    of -48 dB at 50 Mbps. The bandwidth-distance product of the fiber
    is 500 Mbps-km. Determine the number of taps, each with a 0.4 dB
    loss that can be inserted per kilometer without affecting the distance.
    Also, find the maximum distance that can be covered, without any
    tap, if the data rate is reduced to 10 Mbps.
    OR
    Q.3 (a) Compare single mode fiber with multimode fiber. 03
    (b) Explain the polarization modal dispersion and its effect on the 04
    performance of the optical communication.
    (c) A 6 km long fiber optic communication link has following 07
    parameters:
    1
    Combined optical source + drive circuitry rise time=15ns
    Spectral width of the source = 40 nm
    Receiver front-end bandwidth = 25MHz
    Fiber bandwidth-distance product = 400 MHz-km
    Fiber material dispersion=0.0875 ns/nm.km
    Use your expertise as optical engineer to investigate the suitability
    of this link to transmit a data rate of 20 Mbps (NRZ). Assume q=0.7.
    Q.4 (a) Define: Radiance, Responsivity, Population inversion 03
    (b) The radiative and non-radiative recombination life times of the 04
    minority carriers in the active region of an LED are 3 ns and 100 ns,
    respectively. Determine the internal efficiency and the bulk
    recombination lifetime in absence of self-absorption and
    recombination at hetero-junction.
    (c) Derive an equation for wavelength spacing for a LASER. A GaAs 07
    LASER emitting at 800 nm has a 400 µm long cavity with refractive
    index ƞ=3.6. If gain exceeds the total loss throughout the range of
    750nm to 850nm, calculate the number of modes that will exist in
    the LASER.
    OR
    Q.4 (a) Define: Quantum efficiency, Splicing, Birefringence 03
    (b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of APD over p-i-n. 04
    (c) An InGaAs p-i-n diode, operating at 1300 nm, has following 07
    parameters:ID= 4 nA, η=0.9, RL=1000 Ω. The incident optical power
    is 300 nW and the receiver bandwidth is 20 MHz. Determine values
    of various noise currents. Assume surface leakage current to be zero.

    Q.5 (a) Give full forms of: WDM, LAN, SDH 03


    (b) Explain the importance of various lensing schemes for improvement 04
    of coupling in optical fibers.
    (c) Two fibers with identical NA and core/cladding dimensions are 07
    connected. The refractive index of the core is 1.45. There is a small
    gap between the two fiber end faces. Determine the loss due to
    mismatch of refractive indices because of intervention of air in
    between fiber end faces.
    OR
    Q.5 (a) Give full forms of: SONET, EDFA, RAPD 03
    (b) Explain the principle of Mach-Zehnder interferometer. 04
    (c) Consider the case of the determination of a crack in a single mode 07
    fiber whose core refractive index is 1.425. Assume that the OTDR
    emits wavelength to excite only a single mode. Determine the error
    in crack location if neff=1.42 is used.The round trip delay found is
    τ=100 µs.

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