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EC6702 -OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS

Important questions

UNIT I -INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBERS

1. Element of an Optical Fiber Transmission link


2. Total internal reflection-Acceptance angle –Numerical aperture – Skew rays
3. Optical Fiber Modes and Configurations
4. Mode theory of Circular Wave guides- Overview of Modes-Key Modal concepts- Linearly Polarized Modes
5. Single Mode Fibers
6. Graded Index fiber structure.

UNIT II -SIGNAL DEGRADATION OPTICAL FIBERS

1. Attenuation - Absorption losses, Scattering losses, Bending Losses, Core and Cladding losses
2. Signal Distortion in Optical Wave guides-Information Capacity determination
3. Group Delay
4. Material Dispersion, Wave guide Dispersion
5. Signal distortion in SM fibers
6. Polarization Mode dispersion, Intermodal dispersion
7. Pulse Broadening in GI fibers-Mode Coupling
8. Design Optimization of SM fibers-RI profile and cut-off wavelength

UNIT III -FIBER OPTICAL SOURCES AND COUPLING

1. LED structures
2. Quantum efficiency and LED power, Modulation of a LED,
3. lasers Diodes-Modes and Threshold condition (structure)
4. Laser-Rate equations,External Quantum efficiency,Resonant frequencies, Temperature effects
5. Fiber amplifiers- Power Launching and coupling,
6. Lencing schemes
7. Fiber -to- Fiber joints,
8. Fiber splicing
9. Signal to Noise ratio ,
10. Detector response time.

UNIT IV -FIBER OPTIC RECEIVER AND MEASUREMENTS

1. Fundamental receiver operation


2. Error sources
3. Receiver Configuration– Probability of Error – Quantum limit.
4. Fiber Attenuation measurements
5. Dispersion measurements
6. Fiber Refractive index profile measurements
7. Fiber cut- off Wave length Measurements
8. Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurements
9. Fiber diameter measurements.
UNIT V -OPTICAL NETWORKS AND SYSTEM TRANSMISSION
1. SONET / SDH
2. Broadcast – and –select WDM Networks & Wavelength Routed Networks
3. Non linear effects on Network performance
4. Link Power budget -Rise time budget
5. Noise Effects on System Performance
6. Operational Principles of WDM Performance of WDM + EDFA system
7. Solitons
8. Optical CDMA
9. Ultra High Capacity Networks.

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