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Paper / Subject Code: 52971 / Optical Communication and Networks

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N.B. : (1) Question No 1 is Compulsory.

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(2) Attempt any three questions out of the remaining five.

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(3) All questions carry equal marks.

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(4) Assume suitable data, if required and state it clearly.

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1 Attempt any Four [20]

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a A 450-450-900 Prism is immersed in alcohol (n1=1.45), what is the minimum

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short faces is to be totally reflected at the long phase of the prism
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b An optical fiber is made up of glass with a refractive index of 1.55 and its 05

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numerical aperture does the fiber have? What is the acceptance angle? And what
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c With a neat sketch explain the optical bands and windows? Which band is 05

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d With a neat sketch explain Photonic crystal fiber and state its applications 05

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e Compare SONET and SDH networks with PDH 05
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f Compare optical Packet switching and Optical burst switching networks.

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2 a How do you classify Optical fiber based on the number of modes guided and [10]
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refractive index profile. Elaborate it with proper dimension ,neat sketch and the

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colour codes for the optical fiber

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b With a neat sketch explain micro bending and macro bending losses in optical [10]
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fiber? How it can be minimized?
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traversing 3.5Km of fiber.What is the attenuation in dB/Km of this fiber

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3 a Compare LED and LASER in detail. [10]

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of 50% and 𝞃nr=10-8Second.Calculate 𝞃r

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b Differentiate between PIN and APD. [10]

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4 a With a neat sketch explain FSO network,its applications and challenges [10]
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b Write a short note on Elastic optical Network OR Data center network [10]
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5 a Briefly Explain Optical Transport Network.Also explain the OTN layers hierarchy
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access Network
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