Scribd
Upload
26 views1 page

Code: 9A04702: B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December 2015

This document contains an exam for an Optical Communications course, with 8 questions covering various topics in optical fiber communications. The questions address advantages and disadvantages of optical fibers, plastic optical fibers, types of dispersion, microbending and how it can be reduced, wavelength division multiplexing couplers, LEDs, fiber-to-fiber joints, optical receiver design, bidirectional and unidirectional WDM systems. Students must answer 5 questions of their choosing, with all questions carrying equal marks.

Uploaded by

Reddy Kiran KD
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
26 views1 page

Code: 9A04702: B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December 2015

This document contains an exam for an Optical Communications course, with 8 questions covering various topics in optical fiber communications. The questions address advantages and disadvantages of optical fibers, plastic optical fibers, types of dispersion, microbending and how it can be reduced, wavelength division multiplexing couplers, LEDs, fiber-to-fiber joints, optical receiver design, bidirectional and unidirectional WDM systems. Students must answer 5 questions of their choosing, with all questions carrying equal marks.

Uploaded by

Reddy Kiran KD
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

R09

Code: 9A04702

B.Tech IV Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December 2015
OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours

Max. Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
*****
1 (a) List out the advantages and disadvantages of optical fiber communications.
(b) With respect to bandwidth explain how optical fibers are advantages over coaxial cables.
2 (a) Explain plastic optical fibers.
(b) Obtain a lasing threshold condition and from which find amplitude of modes, resonant
frequencies, frequency and wavelength spacing between two consecutive modes.
3 (a) With the help of relevant expressions explain material dispersion and waveguide dispersion.
(b) List the difference between Intramodal and Intermodal dispersion.
4 (a) What is micro bending and how can it be reduced. Explain with diagram how the micro
bending is minimized and avoided by compressible jacket.
(b) Explain the wavelength division multiplexing couplers.
5 (a) Draw a schematic of edge emitting double heterojunction LED and explain its working in detail.
(b) With respect to LED, what is internal quantum efficiency and derive the expression for the
lifetime reduction caused by interfacial recombination.
6 (a) Explain the fiber to fiber joints.
(b) Write LENSING schemes for coupling improvements.
7 (a) The design of an optical receiver is much more complicated than that of an optical transmitter
why. Explain.
(b) Give the block diagram of a fiber optic receiver showing different types of noise generated
giving the expression for each type of noise.
8 (a) Explain about a bidirectional WDM system.
(b) Describe with diagram, the operation of unidirectional WDM system.
*****

You might also like