Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 (a) What is Optical fiber communication? Explain the basic block diagram of 6
Optical fiber communication system.
(b) Define Optical Fiber? Briefly explain different types of Optical fiber. 5
(c) List the advantages and disadvantages of fiber Optic communication over 3
other types of communication technologies
(d) Write down some practical example of Optical fiber. 2
(d) The refractive index of core of a plastic optical fiber is n1 = 1.495 and the 4
refractive index of the cladding is n2 = 1.402, under what condition will
light be trapped inside core?
5 (a) What is photo diode? Derive the equation for quantum efficiency and 5
responsivity of a photo diode
(b) Explain the principle of APD photodiode 5
(c) List the advantages and limitations of p-i-n photodiode over a p-n 4
photodiode
(d) What do you mean by Fiber splice and connector? 2
6 (a) What is SONET? Draw and Explain a simple network with SONET 5
equipment
(b) Draw and describe FDDI specifications map to the OSI hierarchical 5
model
(c) What is Automatic Protection Switching (APS) in SONET? Describe 6
different types of APS in SONET network