Homework: Chapter 6

(Choose the most correct option, and explain clearly why you choose or do not choose
each option)
6.1 The system's Rise time has following characteristics:
a. Includes transmitter rise time, rise time due to chromatic dispersion, modal dispersion
and polarization dispersion
b. Affects BER and capacity
c. Does not affect transmission distance
d. Sentences a and b are correct
6.2 Point-to-point optical link design and optical network design have following
characteristics:
a. The point-to-point optical link design is based on the power budget and the optical
network design is based on the rise time budget, but both must satisfy the required bit rate.
b. The BER requirement in the optical network is lower than that of the point-to-point
optical link but the Q factor requirement is higher
c. The dynamic range of the receiver is the more concern in network design
d. Sentences a, b, c are correct
6.3 The rise time (color dispersion) of a single-mode fiber (in the rise time expression of
the link) has following characteristics:
a. Proportional to the optical power launched into the fiber
b. Does not depend on the laser spectral line width
c. Proportional to the dispersion coefficient D and diameter of the fiber
d. Does not depend on the bit rate of the signal
6.4 Two characteristics of optical fibers that are the most concern when designing a system
are:
a. Price and security
b. Bandwidth and weight
c. Chromatic dispersion and bandwidth
d. Fiber loss and pulse widening at the end of the link
6.5 Attenuation and dispersion in optical fibers affect signal quality as follows:
a. Attenuation reduces the bit rate of the system.
b. Dispersion severely reduces the distance between two intermediate stations
c. Dispersion increases the bit error rate (BER).
d. Attenuation reduces the bandwidth of the transmitted signal