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The document is a question paper for an examination on Optical Communication and Networking. It contains 15 multiple choice and long answer questions assessing knowledge across various topics in optical communication. The questions cover concepts such as critical angle of incidence, Snell's law, optical fiber link loss calculations, dispersion in multimode fibers, LED band gap calculations, fiber optic receiver components, fiber splicing techniques, SONET architecture and transmission formats. The long answer questions require explanations of optical fiber link components, dispersion types, LED and photodiode working principles, optical receiver blocks, SONET layered architecture and WDM network architectures.

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Question Paper Code:: Reg. No.

The document is a question paper for an examination on Optical Communication and Networking. It contains 15 multiple choice and long answer questions assessing knowledge across various topics in optical communication. The questions cover concepts such as critical angle of incidence, Snell's law, optical fiber link loss calculations, dispersion in multimode fibers, LED band gap calculations, fiber optic receiver components, fiber splicing techniques, SONET architecture and transmission formats. The long answer questions require explanations of optical fiber link components, dispersion types, LED and photodiode working principles, optical receiver blocks, SONET layered architecture and WDM network architectures.

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Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : 80462

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Seventh Semester

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC 2402/EC 72/10144 EC 702 – OPTICAL COMMUNICATION


AND NETWORKING

(Regulations 2008/2010)

(Common to PTEC 2402 – Optical Communication and Networking for


B.E. (Part-Time) Sixth Semester - Electronics and Communication
Engineering - Regulations 2009)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks


(Missing data may be suitably assumed)

Answer ALL questions.

PART A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

1. Calculate the critical angle of incidence between two substances with different
refractive indices, where, n1 = 1.5 and n2 = 1.46.

2. State Snell’s law.

3. A continuous 12 kms-long optical fiber link has a loss of 1.5 dB/km. What is the
minimum optical power that must be launched into the fiber to maintain an
optical power level of 0.3  W at the receiving end?

4. Define dispertion in multimode fibers. What is its effect?

5. Calculate the band gap energy for an LED to emit 850 nm.

6. Define Detector response time.

7. Draw and describe the operation of fiber optic receiver.

8. Mention few fiber diameter measurement techniques.

9. What is SONET?

10. What is Soliton?


PART B — (5  16 = 80 marks)

11. (a) (i) With the help of a block diagram explain the different components
of a optical fiber link. (12)

(ii) Compare the optical fiber link with a satellite link. (4)

Or

(i) Explain the differences between meridional and skew rays. (4)
(ii) Bring out the differences between phase and Group velocities. (6)
(iii) Deduce an expression for NA of a fiber with the help of a neat figure
showing all the details. (6)

12. (a) (i) Derive expressions for material dispersion and waveguide
dispersion and explain them. (8)

(ii) Describe the various types of fiber connectors and couplers. (8)

Or

(b) (i) Explain fiber alignment and joint losses. (6)

(ii) Describe various fiber splicing techniques with their diagrams. (10)

13. (a) (i) With neat sketch, explain the working of a light emitting diode. (8)

(ii) Derive an expression for the quantum efficiency of a double


hetro-structure LED. (8)

Or

(b) (i) A photodiode is constructed of GaAs which has a band gap energy of
1.43 eV at 300K. Find the long wavelength cut-off. (4)

(ii) Derive an expression for the mean square photo detector noise
current. (8)

(iii) Write a note on response time. (4)

14. (a) With schematic diagram, explain the blocks and their functions of an
optical receiver. (16)

Or
(b) (i) A digital fiber optic link operating at 850 nm requires a maximum
BER of 10-9. Find the quantum limit in terms of the quantum
efficiency of the detector and the energy of the incident photon. (6)
(ii) Explain the attenuation and dispersion measurements in detail. (10)

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15. (a) (i) Explain the layered architecture and transmission formats of
SONET. (8)
(ii) Explain with neat sketch of two popular architecture of SONET. (8)
Or
(b) Explain in detail different types of Broad cast and select WDM networks.
(16)

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