FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY MARA ECM640 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS QUIZ 1

Name :______________________________ Identify whether the statements are True or False.

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Optic fibers either glass or plastic are insulators. ________ The basic material for glass fiber is silicon dioxide. _______ Suppose that there are three elements with losses of -11, -6 and -3 dB, respectively. The total loss of the combination is -21 dB. _______ Planks Law can be expressed mathematically as Wp = hf where Wp can be define as energy of a single photon. ________ LED emits light by stimulated emission. ________ Light detector converts light energy to current. ________ Transmitter comprises of a voltage-to-current converter and a light source. _________ In the electromagnetic spectrum, the term optic is referred to frequencies in the infrared and ultraviolet portions of the spectrum. _________ In free space, electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light, c. ________

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10. The energy of a single photon of 0.8 m wavelength is 2.48 x 10-19 J. (h = 6.626 x 10-34 J/s). _________