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The document outlines a series of assignments related to optical fiber technology, including calculations for refractive indices, numerical apertures, power levels, mode propagation, and attenuation. Each problem requires specific formulas and concepts from fiber optics to solve various scenarios involving graded index and step-index fibers. The assignments cover a range of topics, from intermodal dispersion to theoretical attenuation due to Rayleigh scattering.

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The document outlines a series of assignments related to optical fiber technology, including calculations for refractive indices, numerical apertures, power levels, mode propagation, and attenuation. Each problem requires specific formulas and concepts from fiber optics to solve various scenarios involving graded index and step-index fibers. The assignments cover a range of topics, from intermodal dispersion to theoretical attenuation due to Rayleigh scattering.

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EC5701 - ASSIGNMENT 1

1. An 11 km optical fiber link consisting of optimum near-parabolic profile graded index


fiber exhibits rms intermodal pulse broadening of 346 ps over its length. If the fiber
has a relative refractive index difference of 1.5%, estimate the core axis refractive
index. Hence determine the numerical aperture for the fiber.
2. A continuous 10 km long optical fiber link has a loss of 1.3 dB/km.What is the
minimum optical power level that must be launched into thefiber to maintain an
optical power level of 0.2µW at the receiving end.
3. A multimode Step-index fiber has a core refractive index of 1.500, a relative
refractiveindex difference of 3% and an operating wavelength of 0.82µm. Estimate
the criticalradius of curvature at which large bending losses occur in the fiber.
4. Determine the normalized frequency at 820nm for a step-index fiber having a 25µm
coreradius, n 1 =1.48, and n 2 =1.46. How many modes propagate in this fiber at
820nm. Whatpercent of the optical power flows in the cladding.
5. The numerical input/output mean optical power ratio in a 1 km, length of optical fiber
is found to be 2.5. Calculate the received mean optical power when a mean
opticalpower of 1 mW is launched into a 5 km length of the fiber (assuming no joints
or connectors).
6. The mean optical power launched into an optical fiber link is 1.5 mW and the fiber
has an attenuation of 0.5 dB km−1 . Determine the maximum possible link length
without repeaters (assuming lossless connectors) when the minimum mean optical
power level required at the detector is 2 μW.
7. A graded index fiber with a core axis refractive index of 1.5 has a characteristic index
profile (α) of 1.90, a relative refractive index difference of 1.3% and a core diameter
of 40 μm. Estimate the number of guided modes propagating in the fiber when the
transmitted light has a wavelength of 1.55 μm, and determine the cutoff value of the
normalized frequency for single-mode transmission in the fiber.
8. A multimode step index fiber has a relative refractive index difference of 1% and a
core refractive index of 1.5. The number of modes propagating at a wavelength of 1.3
μm is 1100. Estimate the diameter of the fiber core.
9. A given step-index fiber has a core refractive index of 1.480, a core radius equal to
5.5 mm, and a core-cladding index difference of 0.15 percent. What is the cutoff
wavelength for this fiber?
10. A 6 km optical link consists of multimode step index fiber with a core refractive index
of 1.5 and a relative refractive index difference of 1%. Estimate: (a) the delay
difference between the slowest and fastest modes at the fiber output; (b) the rms pulse
broadening due to intermodal dispersion on the link; (c) the maximum bit rate that
may be obtained without substantial errors on the link assuming only intermodal
dispersion; (d) the bandwidth–length product corresponding to (c).
11. The photoelastic coefficient and the refractive index for silica are 0.286 and 1.46
respectively. Silica has an isothermal compressibility of 7 × 10−11 m2 N−1 and an
estimated fictive temperature of 1400 K. Determine the theoretical attenuation in
decibels per kilometer due to the fundamental Rayleigh scattering in silica at optical
wavelengths of 0.85 and 1.55 μm. Boltzmann’s constant is 1.381 × 10−23 J K−1 .
12. A K2O–SiO2 glass core optical fiber has an attenuation resulting from Rayleigh
scattering of 0.46 dB km−1 at a wavelength of 1 μm. The glass has an estimated
fictive temperature of 758 K, isothermal compressibility of 8.4 × 10−11 m2 N−1 , and
a photoelastic coefficient of 0.245. Determine from theoretical considerations the
refractive index of the glass.

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