Download PTU (I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar (IKGPTU) ) BE/BTech ECE (Electronics And Communications Engineering) 2020 March 7th and 8th Sem BTEC 702 Optical Communication Previous Question Paper
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Total No. of Questions : 09
B.Tech.(ECE) (2012 to 2017) (Sem.?7,8)
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
Subject Code : BTEC-702
M.Code : 71911
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks
each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students
have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains THREE questions carrying TEN marks each and students
have to attempt any TWO questions.
SECTION-A
Q1) Write briefly :
a) What are the kinds of modulation formats used in optical communications?
b) A certain fiber has an attenuation loss of 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm. If 0.5 mW of optical
power is initially launched into the fiber, what is the power level in microwatts after
8 km?
c) Define Bitrate (BR) and Bit Error Rate (BER).
d) Explain the concept of cavity in the lasers.
e) What are the possible principal requirements in optical connectors? List them.
f) Distinguish between line width and bandwidth.
g) Give the sources of noise in optical receivers.
h) Calculate Line width (Frequency Spread) of two Fabry-Perot lasers operating on :
i) Wavelength 1300 nm at 3 nm spectral width
ii) Wavelength 1550 nm at 4 nm spectral width.
i) How are LED structures different from their counterpart LASERs?
j) Draw Speckle / Model noise pattern that is produced when coherent laser light is
launched into multimode fiber.
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sRoll No. Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 09
B.Tech.(ECE) (2012 to 2017) (Sem.?7,8)
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
Subject Code : BTEC-702
M.Code : 71911
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks
each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students
have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains THREE questions carrying TEN marks each and students
have to attempt any TWO questions.
SECTION-A
Q1) Write briefly :
a) What are the kinds of modulation formats used in optical communications?
b) A certain fiber has an attenuation loss of 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm. If 0.5 mW of optical
power is initially launched into the fiber, what is the power level in microwatts after
8 km?
c) Define Bitrate (BR) and Bit Error Rate (BER).
d) Explain the concept of cavity in the lasers.
e) What are the possible principal requirements in optical connectors? List them.
f) Distinguish between line width and bandwidth.
g) Give the sources of noise in optical receivers.
h) Calculate Line width (Frequency Spread) of two Fabry-Perot lasers operating on :
i) Wavelength 1300 nm at 3 nm spectral width
ii) Wavelength 1550 nm at 4 nm spectral width.
i) How are LED structures different from their counterpart LASERs?
j) Draw Speckle / Model noise pattern that is produced when coherent laser light is
launched into multimode fiber.
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SECTION-B
Q2) Establish the necessary threshold condition for Laser diode. Discuss Injection laser
characteristics, Mode Hopping, Frequency chirp.
Q3) Write and apply Maxwell equations for optical fiber communication. Derive the standard
wave equation using them.
Q4) Explain the design and working principle of APD. What are its advantages and
disadvantages? Discuss compromises to improve its performances.
Q5) Estimate the CW operating lifetime for an AlGaAs LED with an activation energy of
0.6 eV and a constant of proportionality ( ?
0
) of 2.3 ? 10
3
h
?1
when the junction
temperature of device is constant at 50?C. It may be assumed that the LED is no longer
useful when its optical power is 0.8 of its value.
Q6) Discuss in short Linear and Stimulated Scattering, Frequency chirping.
SECTION-C
Q7) How does light propagate through optical fibers? What is its basic principle? Establish
the condition for light ray transmission through a step indexed fiber on the basis of ray
theory. Distinguish the fibers types on the basis of light propagation and bandwidth :
SI-MMF, GI-MMF, and SMF.
Q8) Explain in detail the multiplexing technique: WDM, OTDM, Subscriber Multiplexing
and Code Division Multiplexing used in optical communication.
Q9) a) Write short note on : DFB lasers, Responsivity.
b) A multimode step index fiber is operating at a wavelength of 0.85 ?m with a core
diameter of 80 ?m and a relative index difference 1.5%. If the refractive index of core
is 1.48. Determine :
i) Normalized frequency for the fiber.
ii) The number of guided modes.
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