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Ei1001 QB
Ei1001 QB
Ei1001 QB
QUESTION BANK
2 mark questions
1. A silica optical fiber with a core diameter large enough to be considered by ray
theory analysis has a core refractive index of 1.5 and a cladding refractive index of
1.47. Determine the numerical aperture and acceptance angle in air for the fiber.
2. Mention the advantages and disadvantages of monomode fiber over multimode fiber.
3. What is intermodal dispersion? What is its cause?
4. Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic absorption.
5. Compare LED source and ILD source.
6. GaAs has a band gap energy of 1.43eV at 300K. Determine the wavelength above
which an intrinsic photodetector fabricated from this material will cease to operate.
7. Define the quantum efficiency and responsivity of a photodetector.
8. What is the fundamental parameter of a single mode fiber?
9. A step index fiber has a normalized frequency V= 26.6 at 1300nm wavelength. If the
core radius is 25μm, find the numerical aperture.
10. Mention the two causes of intramodal dispersion.
11. Define fiber loss.
12. Compare LED and LASER.
13. GaAs has a band gap energy of 1.43eV at 300K. What is meant by long wavelength
cutoff?
14. Commonly available single mode fibers have beat lengths in the range 10cm<Lp <2m.
What range of refractive index differences does this correspond to?(for λ=1300nm).
15. Define long wavelength cutoff of a photodiode.
16. What is meant by quantum limit?
17. It is desired to make a single-mode fiber at an operating wavelength = 1300nm with
ncore =1.505 and nclad =1.502. Find the Numerical Aperture and core radius.
18. Give the refractive index expression of a graded index fiber.
19. List the basic attenuation mechanisms in an optical fiber.
20. Define internal quantum efficiency of an LED.
21. List the important requirements of an optical receiver.
22. An APD generates a current of 100nA when the incident power is 5nW. The
operating wavelength is 1.5μm. Find its responsivity. If the quantum efficiency is 0.7,
find the multiplication factor.
23. Name few splicing methods in fiber optics.
24. What is meant by population inversion.
25. State the characteristics of laser.
26. What are the advantages of gas laser over the solid state laser?
27. What is meant by laser welding?
28. State the advantages of using Laser in Industry.
29. What is holography?
30. Mention the precautions to be followed while handling Lasers for clinical
applications.
10 mark questions
1. What are the different types of optical fibres and their characteristics.
2. Explain the various types of fibre optic losses in detail.
3. Explain the interferometric method of measurement of length by using an optical
fibre.
4. Describe how the optical fibres are used for the measurement of pressure,
temperature, liquid level and strain.
5. Derive an expression for number of modes propagating in a graded index fibre from
the first principle.
6. a) Derive an expression for numerical aperture of a step Index fibre.
b) The relative index difference between the core axis and the cladding of a graded
index fibre is 0.7% when the refractive index at the core axis is 1.45. Estimate
values for the numerical aperture of the fibre along the axis when the index profile
is assumed to be triangular.
7. a)With the aid of diagrams discuss the various losses occurring in optical fibres.
b)A 6km optical link consists of multimode step index fibre with a core refractive
index of 1.5 and a relative refractive index difference of 1%. Estimate the delay
difference between the slowest and fastest modes at the fibre output and the rms
pulse broadening due to intermodal dispersion on the link. Also derive the expression
involved in it.
8. a)What type of materials are used for optical sources. What are the advantages of
double hetero structure. Compare surface emitting and edge emitting LED
structures.
b)Derive an expression for the internal optical power level generated in LEDs.
1. Explain briefly the three processes involved in the laser action. Describe for a Fabry
Perot resonator laser diode, modes and threshold conditions. Obtain its rate equations
for steady state output.
2. List the properties of lasers and how it fulfills the major requirements for an optical
fiber emitter.
3. Explain about the operation of a) Q switching b) mode hopping and mode drift c)
cavity damping in lasers
4. Derive Einstein relation for the rates of the three transition process of absorption,
spontaneous emission and simulated emission for two level atomic system.
5. Explain about a) population inversion b)optical feedback and laser oscillation.
6. Explain the construction and operation of ruby laser with a neat diagram.
7. Explain the construction and operation of gas laser with a neat diagram
8. Explain the construction and working of semiconductor laser with neat diagram.