Tutorial 2: Light propagation in Optical Fiber ________________________________________________________________________ Questions: Group 1 1.

State Snells law for refraction and outline its significance in fiber-optic cables. 2. Defined Critical Angle. 3. Light passes from one glass (n1 = 1.48) into another (n2 = 1.53). Find the angle of refraction for incident angles of 12, 24, and 48. 4. Plot numerical aperture versus acceptance angle over the range 0NA0.7. Assume that the refractive index of the surrounding material is 1.0 in the calculation.

Group 2

5. Define the following terms: velocity of propagation, refraction and refractive index. 6. State Snells law for refraction and outline its significant in fiber optic cables. 7. A beam of light is incident on a boundary between two dielectrics. The refractive indices are n1 = 1.46 and n2= 1.48. Plot the transmitted angle as function of the incident angle for the incident angle from 00 to 900. 8. A beam of light is incident on a boundary between two dielectrics. The refractive indices are n1 = 1.48 and n2= 1.46. Plot the transmitted angle as function of the incident angle for the incident angle from 00 to 900..

Group 3 9. Define critical angle. 10. Describe what is meant by mode of operation; by index profile in optic fiber. 11. A beam of light is incident on a plane boundary between two dielectrics. The incident-ray angle is at 10o to the boundary normal and the transmitted beam is at 12o. Which of the two media has the higher refractive index? 12. A glass plate is 1-cm thick and has a refractive index of 1.52. Assuming only one reflection at each interface, what is the maximum fraction of incident light that passes through the glass plate in air? Note: Assume no absorption in the glass.

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Tutorial 2: Light propagation in Optical Fiber ________________________________________________________________________ Group 4 13. Describe Propagation of Light through Optical Fiber (OF). 14. What is refraction? What cause it? How is the angle of refraction measured?. 15. The electric field of an electromagnetic wave is described by E= 40 sin [(1.36 x 1014)t (9.66 x 106)z]. Find the frequency, wavelength and wave number. 16. An LED has a linewidth of 30 nm at 650 nm. Find the coherence length and the coherence time.

Group 5 17. Find the range wavelength of visible light. 18. State the wavelength of blue, red, green light.

19. A glass has an absorption coefficient of 0.4cm-1. How far inside the glass before the power goes to 1/e of the input power?

20. A photon with energy of 2.0eV is absorbed by an atom . If shortly after a 1um photon is emitted how much energy is lost to vibrational or rotational energies within the atom. .

Group 6 21. What is total internal reflection? How is it used in fiber optic? 22. Is speed of light in water is faster than in vacuum? Explain? 23. Two people are talking over glass-fiber transmission line. It takes 1s for a massage to travel between the speakers. How long is the fiber? 24. A source produces 4mW of power but only 60% is coupled into an optical fiber. If the fiber has a loss of 10dB, what is the output power?

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BENT 4123: Optoelectronics & Optical Communication System (sem 2 ses 09-10)

Tutorial 2: Light propagation in Optical Fiber ________________________________________________________________________ Note: 1. Every group will present their answer respectively. 2. The student use ppt slide for their presentation. 3. Tutorial group 2 will collect all answers from other groups and will combine or typed it then send to Lecturer by email (david.yap@utem.edu.my) by 1 week after tutorial day.

BENT 4123: Optoelectronics & Optical Communication System (sem 2 ses 09-10)