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Kenyatta University Eee 509: Fibre Optic Communication Tutorial Questions

This document contains tutorial questions about fibre optic communication for a course. It includes questions that ask the student to: (1) draw a block diagram of a digital optical fibre communication system and explain each element; (2) outline advantages and disadvantages of optical fibre communication compared to other systems; and (3) define numerical aperture and explain its significance in fibre optic transmission. It also contains questions about calculating refractive indices, cut-off wavelength, attenuation causes, differences between step-index and graded-index fibres, dispersion types, and intrinsic and extrinsic absorption losses.

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Kenyatta University Eee 509: Fibre Optic Communication Tutorial Questions

This document contains tutorial questions about fibre optic communication for a course. It includes questions that ask the student to: (1) draw a block diagram of a digital optical fibre communication system and explain each element; (2) outline advantages and disadvantages of optical fibre communication compared to other systems; and (3) define numerical aperture and explain its significance in fibre optic transmission. It also contains questions about calculating refractive indices, cut-off wavelength, attenuation causes, differences between step-index and graded-index fibres, dispersion types, and intrinsic and extrinsic absorption losses.

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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

EEE 509: FIBRE OPTIC COMMUNICATION


TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
a) Use a block diagram to describe the operation of a digital optical fibre
communication system and explain the function of each element in the link.
b) Outline advantages and disadvantages of optical fibre communication when
compared to other digital communication systems
c) State two conditions for total internal reflection to occur
d) By use of simple sketches, explain the three possible paths light rays can follow
inside a fibre-optic cable
e) Define Numerical Aperture and give its significance in the transmission of digital
signals in a fibre optic
f) Calculate the refractive indices of the core and cladding materials of an optical fibre
whose NA = 0.35 and = 1%.
g) Explain the meaning of cut-off wavelength of a step-index fibre
h) Find the cut-off wavelength for a step-index fibre to be operated as single-mode
fibre when the core refractive index is 1.46, relative refractive index difference is
0.25% and the core diameter is 9 m.
i) Explain three major causes of attenuation in optical fibre cables
j) Explain the difference between a step-index fibre and a graded-index fibre
k) A graded-index fibre having parabolic profile of refractive index has NA = 0.3 in
air and a core diameter of 60 m supports 742 guided modes. Calculate the
wavelength of light propagating in the fibre.

l) Differentiate between the following:


(i) Intermodal and intramodal dispersion
(ii) Rayleigh and Mie scattering

m) Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic absorption losses in optical fibre cables
and state the possible cause of each

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