0 (Pages : 3) Seventh Semester B.Tech. Degree Examination, December 2016 (2013 Scheme) 13.702 : OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (T) Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 100 PART-A Answer all questions. Each carries 2 marks. (10x2=20 Marks) 1. Define Acceptance angle Numerical aperture of fiber. 2. What are the types of fiber losses which are given per unit distances ? 3. A multimode step index fiber with a core diameter of 80 jm and a relative refractive index difference of 1.5% is operating at a wavelength of 0.85 um. If the core refractive index is 1.48. Determine normalized mode frequency for the fiber and number of guided modes. 4. Define internal quantum efficiency of LED. 5. Write two differences between LED and Laser diode. 6. What is dark current ? 7. What are the advantages of semiconductor optical amplifier ? 8. Explain the basic concept used in OTDR 9. What are the three types of WDM Mux and DeMux in terms of wavelength ? 10. Give the significance of solitons. PTCB- 3513 2. ‘8 PART-B Answer any one full question from each Module. (4x20=80 Marks) Module ~1 11. a) Explain the working principle of step index single mode and multimode fiber and multimode graded index fiber with neat diagram. b) Explain the factors responsible for attenuation and distortion. OR 12. a) Find out the core radius of a single mode step index fiber whose core and cladding refractive indices are 1.48 and 1.478 at an operating wavelength of 1320 nm. Calculate maximum value of the angle of acceptance of the fiber. b) Write the advantages of optical fiber communication. c) Compare graded index fiber with step index fiber and derive the expression for refractive index, numerical aperture and total no. of guided modes for graded index fiber. Module — 1! 13. a) Draw the structure of PIN and APD photo detectors and explain their operation. b) What do you understand by optical wave confinement and current confinement in laser diode ? Explain with suitable structures. OR 14. a) The silicon APD has quantum efficiency of 70% at a wavelength of 0.85 um If the incident light power is 0.6 uw, the output current of the device after avalanche is 10 A. Calculate multiplication factor after avalanche gain. b) Explain optical detection mechanism in Pin diode and compare its performance with APD. c) Explain responsivity and quantum efficiency. Module — til 18. a) What is meant by critical bending radius of optical fiber and explain them ? b) Write the advantages of LED compared to Laser diodes. Compare optical sources LED and ILD. OR 10 10 10 10‘0 Ea “3 B - 3513 16. 17, 18. What are optical amplifiers ? Explain the different types. Explain the principle and working of EDFA and their different architectures. 20 Module -1V a) Derive Nonlinear Schrédinger Equations for soliton pulse. 10 b) Explain the working of MZ interferometer. 10 OR a) Explain briefly about different types of grating and tunable filters used in wom. 10 b) Discuss the major issues in soliton transmission using lumped EDFA repeater. 10 4