Sharp bends or micro bends causes significant losses in fiber.
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A multimode graded index fiber exhibits a total pulse broadening of 0.15μs over a distance of 16 km. Estimate the maximum possible bandwidth, assuming no intersymbol interference.
A. 4.6 MHz
B. 3.9 MHz
C. 3.3 MHz
D. 4.2 MHz
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The scattering resulting from fiber imperfections like core-cladding RI differences, diameter fluctuations, strains, and bubbles is
A. Rayleigh scattering
B. Mie scattering
C. Stimulated Brillouin scattering
D. Stimulated Raman scattering
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Who proposed the use of clad waveguide structure?
A. Edward Appleton
B. Schriever
C. Kao and Hockham
D. James Maxwell
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How the potential macro bending losses can be reduced in case of multimode fiber?
A. By designing fibers with large relative refractive index differences
B. By maintaining direction of propagation
C. By reducing the bend
D. By operating at larger wavelengths
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Which equations are best suited for the study of electromagnetic wave propagation?
A. Maxwell's equations
B. Allen-Cahn equations
C. Avrami equations
D. Boltzmann's equations
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Polarization modal noise can . . . . . . . . the performance of communication system.
A. Degrade
B. Improve
C. Reduce
D. Attenuate
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Who proposed the idea of transmission of light via dielectric waveguide structure?
A. Christian Huygens
B. Karpon and Bockham
C. Hondros and debye
D. Albert Einstein
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Which thing is more dominant in making a fiber function as a bidirectional optical amplifier?
A. Core material
B. Pump source
C. Cladding material
D. Diameter of fiber
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Light incident on fibers of angles . . . . . . . . the acceptance angle do not propagate into the fiber.
A. Less than
B. Greater than
C. Equal to
D. Less than and equal to
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An optical fiber has core-index of 1.480 and a cladding index of 1.478. What should be the core size for single mode operation at 1310nm?
A. 7.31μm
B. 8.71μm
C. 5.26μm
D. 6.50μm
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The differential attenuation of modes reduces intermodal pulse broadening on a multimode optical link.
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Self-phase modulation can be used for . . . . . . . .
A. Enhancing the core diameter
B. Wavelength shifting
C. Decreasing the attenuation
D. Reducing the losses in the fiber
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A 4 km optical link consists of multimode step index fiber with core refractive index of 1.3 and a relative refractive index difference of 1%. Find the delay difference between the slowest and fastest modes at the fiber output.
A. 0.173 μsec
B. 0.152 μsec
C. 0.96 μsec
D. 0.121 μsec
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High frequency optical phonon is generated in stimulated Raman scattering.
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The phonon is a quantum of an elastic wave in a crystal lattice.
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Non-zero-dispersion-shifted fiber was introduced in the year 2000.
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Stimulated Brillouin scattering is mainly a . . . . . . . .
A. Forward process
B. Backward process
C. Upward process
D. Downward process
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A device that reduces the intensity of light in optical fiber communications is . . . . . . . .
A. Compressor
B. Optical attenuator
C. Barometer
D. Reducer
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A multimode step index fiber has source of RMS spectral width of 60nm and dispersion parameter for fiber is 150psnm-1 km-1 . Estimate rms pulse broadening due to material dispersion.
A. 12.5ns km-1
B. 9.6ns km-1
C. 9.0ns km-1
D. 10.2ns km-1
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