Optical Communication - Study Mode

[#116] The optical source used in a fiber is an injection laser with a relative spectral width $$frac{{{sigma _lambda }}}{lambda }$$ of 0.0011 at a wavelength of 0.70μm. Estimate the RMS spectral width.
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(C) 0.77 nm

[#117] $${Gamma _g} = frac{{dx08eta }}{{{C^ * }dk}}.$$ xa0 What is β in the given equation?
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(B) Propagation constant

[#118] Disturbance along the fiber such as vibrations, discontinuities, connectors, splices, source/detectors coupling result in . . . . . . . .
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(A) Modal noise

[#119] In the design of a single-mode step index optical fiber close to upper cutoff, the single-mode operation is not preserved if
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(D) radius is doubled and operating wavelength is halved

[#120] Total internal reflection at the fibre wall can occur only if two conditions are met. One of the condition is the glass inside the fibre core must have a/an . . . . . . . . index of refraction than/as the index of refraction of the material surrounding the fibre core.
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(B) slightly higher