Optical Fiber

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Assignment

1. Tabulate the differences between single mode and multimode optical fiber.
2. Explain the construction and light propagation in step‐index and graded –index
optical fiber. Tabulate advantages and disadvantages of step‐index and graded –index
optical fiber.
3. For a step index fiber the core and cladding refractive indices are 1.54 and 1.5
respectively. Calculate following if the fiber is placed in the water (i) Critical angle,
(ii) Fractional refractive index, (iii) Numerical aperture, and (iv) Acceptance angle in
the water.
4. A step index fiber has a core refractive index 1.425. The Acceptance angle in air is
8.50°. If the fiber is kept in water (refractive index=1.33), then what would be new
Numerical aperture and Acceptance angle.
5. A step index fiber has a core refractive index 1.52, a diameter of 29 μm and a
fractional refractive index difference of 0.0007. It is operated at a wavelength of 1.3
μm. Calculate the fiber V‐number and number of modes that fiber will support.
6. Internal critical angle at core‐cladding interface of a step‐index fiber is 80.6°.
Calculate maximum acceptance angle when cladding refractive index is 1.48.
7. An optical fiber has numerical aperture of 0.20 and cladding refractive index of 1.59.
Determine the acceptance angle for the fiber in the water.
8. Discuss the properties of following parts of optical fiber using relevant diagrams (i)
core (ii) cladding (iii) Protecting jacket.
9. Describe the various ways of fibre losses? The signal attenuation per kilometer of an
optical fiber of length 8km is 1.5dB/km. Calculate the mean optical input power of the
fiber if mean optical output power is 20 μW.

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