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DEPARTMENT: ECE (Part Time)

SEMESTER: V
TITLE OF THE PAPER : OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
SUB CODE : 15PCBEC54

Part A

UNIT –I

1. Write the advantages of fiber optic over conventional cable


2. Define group velocity
3. Define critical angle
4. Difference between meridional and skew rays
5. What is step index fiber
6. Define normalized frequency
7. Define mode field diameter
8. What is snell’s law
9. A silica optical fiber with core refractive index of 1.5 & cladding 1.47 determine critical
angle
10. What is meant by mode coupling

UNIT –II
11. What is attenuation
12. What are the types of non linear scattering losses
13. Compare SBS and SRS
14. What are the effect of dispersion in optical fiber
15. Write the expression for group delay
16. What is fiber beat length
17. Define PMD
18. What are the application of optical fiber coupler
19. What is Rayleigh scattering
20. How to reduce the micro bending losses

UNIT –III

21. What are light source used for optical fiber communication
22. Write down the difference between LED and Laser diode
23. What is radiance
24. Define FWHM
25. What is population inversion
26. What is carrier life time
27. Mention the drawback of avalanche photodiode
28. Define responsibility of photo detector
29. What are the stages in an optical receiver
30. Define internal quantum efficiency

UNIT – IV

31. Define quantum limit


32. Define BER
33. Write the function of optical receiver
34. Define equalizer
35. List the type of noise
36. Write the drawback of dispersion
37. What is ISI
38. Write the drawback of dispersion
39. What are the common method used for determination of fiber NA
40. Define 3db optical bandwidth

UNIT –V

41. What is SONET


42. List the different layer s in SONET architecture
43. List the type of topologies in SONET architecture
44. Write the application of SONET/SDH
45. Write the types of WDM networks
46. Compare the single and multi hop network
47. Define spread spectrum
48. Write the function of optical encoder
49. What are the codes used in CDMA
50. What is wavelength routing network

Part -B
UNIT -1

51. Draw the schematic diagram of optical fiber communication system. Explain the
function of each component in detail
52. What is numerical aperture? Deduce an expression for numerical aperture

53. Explain the phenomenon of total internal reflection and acceptance angle with neat
diagram

54. Discuss the step and graded index fiber of an optical fiber in detail

55. Discuss single mode fiber of an optical fiber in detail.

UNIT -2

56. Give the theory of material dispersion and find expression for material dispersion
57. Explain fiber splicing technique in detail
58. Discuss the type of fiber connected and explain expanded beam connector in detail
59. Explain polarization mode dispersion in detail
60. Explain in detail about fiber couplers

UNIT-3
61. Explain the structural and working of APD
62. With a neat diagram explain construction and working of LED
63. Discuss the type of laser diode structure with neat sketch
64. Explain the various noise sources and deduce this expression for signal to noise ratio
65. Explain the operation of PIN photodiode and its characteristics in detail

UNIT-4

66. Discuss the optical receiver configuration in detail


67. Explain in detail about fiber numerical aperture measurement
68. Explain about fiber cut-off wavelength measurement
69. Discuss refractive index profile measurement with neat diagram
70. Describe briefly about attenuation measurement techniques in detail
71. What is probability of error in digital receiver? Deduce the expression for it

UNIT-5

72. Explain in details about optical CDMA with neat diagram


73. Explain in details about multi hop broadcast and select network
74. Explain the salient feature of solitons using relevant expression and diagram
75. Describe the basic concept of SONET/SDH network
76. Write a short notes on i) ultra high capacity WDM system ii) bit interleaved optical
TDM

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