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This document is an exam for an Optical Communication course, consisting of 5 questions covering various topics in optical communication systems. Question 1 asks about step index vs graded index fibers, optical communication system block diagrams, and calculating parameters for a multimode fiber. Question 2 covers carrier confinement in optical sources, wavelength calculations, and signal attenuation expressions. Question 3 compares electrical and optical bandwidth, discusses launched optical power dependence on wavelength vs brightness, and possible noise sources. Question 4 defines eye diagram parameters and optical power loss modeling, and discusses passive linear bus performance. Question 5 covers attenuation measurement techniques, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, and properties of 2x2 fiber couplers such as splitting ratio and excess loss.

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This document is an exam for an Optical Communication course, consisting of 5 questions covering various topics in optical communication systems. Question 1 asks about step index vs graded index fibers, optical communication system block diagrams, and calculating parameters for a multimode fiber. Question 2 covers carrier confinement in optical sources, wavelength calculations, and signal attenuation expressions. Question 3 compares electrical and optical bandwidth, discusses launched optical power dependence on wavelength vs brightness, and possible noise sources. Question 4 defines eye diagram parameters and optical power loss modeling, and discusses passive linear bus performance. Question 5 covers attenuation measurement techniques, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, and properties of 2x2 fiber couplers such as splitting ratio and excess loss.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER– VI (New) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2019
Subject Code: 2161005 Date: 12/12/2019
Subject Name: Optical 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.

MARKS

Q.1 (a) Give the comparison of Step Index and Graded Index Fibers. 03
(b) Briefly Describe the block diagram of Optical Communication 04
Systems.
(c) A multimode step index fiber has a refractive index difference of 07
1% and a core refractive index of 1.5.The number of modes
propagating at a wavelength of 1.3μm is 1600.Calculate the
acceptance angle, numerical aperture and the diameter of the fiber
core.

Q.2 (a) Explain the significance of Carrier confinement related to the 03


optical source.
(b) A typical LED emits light at a center wavelength of 920nm with 04
Δλ=20nm, Calculate the Δf.
(c) How does material dispersion occur in an optical fiber. Obtain the 07
expression for group delay τmat resulting from the material
dispersion and from this, deduce the relation for the pulses spread
σmat in terms of material dispersion Dmat ( λ).
OR
(c) Define signal attenuation and how is it mathematically expressed. 07
Explain the Bending losses ( Micro bending losses, Macro
bending losses).
Q.3 (a) Mention difference between Electrical bandwidth and optical 03
bandwidth.
(b) “The optical power launched into a fiber does not depend on the 04
wavelength of the source but only on it’s brightness” Justify.
(c) Briefly discuss the possible sources of noise in optical receivers. 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Mention difference between Indirect band gap material and direct 03
band gap material.
(b) What is equilibrium numerical aperture. Give the significance of 04
the same.
(c) Explain detection process in the p-n photodiode. Define the 07
quantum efficiency and responsivity of a photo detector.
Q.4 (a) Define with reference to eye diagram: 03
(1) Width of eye opening
(2) Timing jitter.
(b) Discuss optical power loss model for a point to point link. 04

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(c) Explain the performance of passive linear bus and also prove that 07
optical power available at a particular node decreases with
increasing distance from source.
OR
Q.4 (a) Define Q factor for digital transmission through optical cable. 03
(b) Consider a 30-km long optical fiber that has an attenuation of 0.8 04
dB/km at 1300 nm. If 200 μW of optical power is launched into the
fiber find out the optical output power Pout.
(c) Write short notes on Syncronous optical fiber networks(SONET). 07

Q.5 (a) Discuss the Cut back technique for attenuation measurement. 03
(b) Write short note on EDFA . 04
(c) For a 2x2 fiber coupler show that the phase of the driven fiber 07
always lags 90° behind the phase of the driving fiber. Also define
the following related to optical coupler: (1) splitting ration (2)
Excess loss (3) Insertion loss (4) Crosstalk
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain any one method for optical dispersion measurement. 03
(b) Write short note on Raman Amplifier. 04
(c) Explain Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) multiplexer in detail. 07

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