. . . . . . . . is used to describe the light gathering or light collecting ability of an optical fiber
A. Critical angle
B. Cut-off wavelength
C. Numerical Aperture
D. Acceptance angle
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A step index fibre has core diameter 40 µm with core refractive indix of 1.3 and numerical aperture 0.5, then the refractive index of cladding is
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Refractive index of glass is 1.5. What is the wavelength of a beam of light with a frequency of 1014 Hz in glass? Assume velocity of light in vacuum to be 3 × 108 m/sec.
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The concept used in the scheme of WDM is similar to
A. FDM for of transmission
B. SDM
C. TDM
D. OTOM
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Which of the following introduces mode partition noise?
A. Coaxial line
B. Wave guide
C. Fibre transmission line
D. Both coaxial line and wave guide
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The working of an optical fiber is bases on
A. Dispersion of light
B. Total internal reflection
C. Polarisation of light
D. Diffraction of light
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If a fiber operates at 1400 nm with the diameter of about 10 µm, n1 = 1.30, ∆ = 0.80%, V = 3.5, then how many modes will it have?
A. 6.125
B. 9.655
C. 12.95
D. 16.55
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Fibers have numerical aperture (NA) in the region of 0.15 to 0.4. Fibers with higher N.A. values generally exhibit
A. reduced losses
B. high bandwidth
C. reduced losses and low bandwidth
D. greater losses and low bandwidth
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The fiber splice is a . . . . . . . . joint between 2 fibers.
A. Temporary
B. Permanent
C. Demountable
D. Alignment
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At critical radius of curvature, in multimode fibers
A. large deformation will happen to the fiber jacket
B. no deformation happens to fiber jacket
C. large bending losses occur
D. no loss occurs
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An optical fiber communication system works on a wavelength of 1.3 µm. The number of subscribers it can feed, if a channel requires 20 kHz, is
A. 2.3 × 10-10
B. 1 × 105
C. 1.15 × 10-10
D. 1010
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Approximately what is the frequency limit of an optical fiber?
A. 20 kHz
B. 1 MHz
C. 100 MHz
D. 40 GHz
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Which one of the following specifications does not fit for a single-mode fiber?
A. The bandwidth is 1 GHz/km
B. The digital communication rate is excess of 2000 Mbytes/s
C. More than 100000 voice channels are available
D. The mode field diameter (MFD; spot size) is larger than the core diameter
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On which bands, do the optical fibers operate?
1. Ultra violet band
2. Ultra high frequency band
3. Visible light band
4. Infrared band
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Numerical aperture is closely related to acceptance angle and is the figure of merit commonly used to measure
A. the sine of the maximum angle
B. the magnitude of the acceptance angle
C. the maximum angle of light ray
D. the intensity of light ray entering the cable
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The Bragg's Law of X-ray diffraction is:
A. d singθ = nλ
B. 2n sinθ = λ
C. 2d sinθ = nλ
D. 2dn sinθ = λ
E. 2du sinθ = 1/λ
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For a 3-µm-diameter optical fiber with core and cladding indexes of refraction of 1.545 and 1.510, respectively. The cut off wavelength is.
A. 2.3 µm
B. 1.29 µm
C. 1.5 µm
D. 3.24 µm
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Sensitivity of optical receivers is measured in
A. W/A (watt per ampere)
B. A/W (ampere/watt)
C. WA (watt ampere)
D. W (watt)
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If a light travels in a certain medium and it gets reflected off an optically denser medium with high refractive index, then it is regarded as . . . . . . . .
A. External Reflection
B. Internal Reflection
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
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In a optical fiber, the refractive index of the cladding material should be
A. nearly unity
B. very low
C. less than that of the core
D. more than that of the core
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