EXPERIMENT 8 - FIBER – OPTICS DEMONSTRATIONS, ATTENUATION

MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS

Question 1

What is the effect of passing a finger repeatedly across the end of the fiber where the light is
entering? __________________________________________________________.

Question 2

Did the long wound of the cable affect the transmission of light? Record your observation.
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Question 3

Record your observation. ______________________________________________________

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Question 4

Based on your observation, how far must the transmitter and the receiver be separated
without distortion? __________________________________________________.

Question 5

Record your observation. _____________________________________________________

Question 6

Was the sound reproduced by placing the mirror in the proper position? Explain.
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Question 7

Site an example in telecommunication industry that best illustrates this set up.
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Question 8

What procedure can best demonstrate the fact that audio signal is really passing down the
fiber.
Hint : Use procedure 1 set-up and the two optical cables.
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Question 9

Compare the intensity of the signal coming form the output to the main emitting diodes.
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 Question 10

Describe the sound that you can hear at the loudspeaker.

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Question 11

How can you make it more audible?

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Question 12
Identify the particular electronic/electrical device or material used in this experiment that
causes the production of sound at the receiver?
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Question 13

Did you hear the 100 Hz mains “hum” at the loudspeaker? _____________________.

Question 14

Find its wavelength. λ=___________

Question 15

Record your observation: ______________________________________________________.

Question 16

Did you hear the same kind of noise? ______________________________________

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Question 17

Did the receiver, buzzer and digital indicator turned on as well? __________.

Question 18

Describe your current laboratory environment and its capacity to support this experiment
process.
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Question 19

Record your observations particularly how the Tx and Rx devices were oriented.
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Question 20

What is the effect of slightly increasing the operating frequency?

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Question 21

Based on the previous experiment procedures, compare the sensitivity of analog over digital
signal.
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Question 22

Record the readings for the 1 meter cable and route:

PdBm = _____________________________ (1m cable)

PdBm = _____________________________ (route)

AdB = PdBm (1m cable) – PdBm (route) = ____________________dB

(Note: Do not alter the settings for the route measurement.)

Question 23

Record PdBm = _________________________.

Question 24

PdBm = ___________________________.

Question 25

Explain the decrease in power level.

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