Modern Science and Arts University

Fiber Optics
Sheet 2
1- A step index fiber has ncore=1.44 and nclad=1.4. Find (a) N.A.
(b) Relative refractive index and (c) the acceptance angle.
2- A fiber has the following characteristics: n1=1.35(core index) and
relative refractive index=2%. Find the N.A. and the acceptance
angle.
3- An optical fiber is being designed. It must have an acceptance
angle of 75%. Its cladding index is 1.38. Find its core index.
4- A step index fiber has an acceptance angle in of 27.47 degrees
and the relative refractive index is 0.014. Find the numerical
aperture and the critical angle at the core-cladding interface for
the fiber.
5- Calculate the number of modes for the step index optical fiber at
wavelength=820 nm having the following characteristics
n1=1.41, n2=1.4 and core diameter=50um.
6- Calculate the number of allowed modes in a multimode step
index fiber that has a core of refractive index of 1.468 and
diameter 100um, and a cladding of refractive index of 1.447 if
the source wavelength is 850nm.
7- What would be the core radius of a single mode optical fiber that
has a core of n1=1.468, cladding of n2=1.447 and is to be used
with a source wavelength of 1.3um.
8- Calculate the cut-off wavelength for single mode operation for a
fiber that has a core with diameter of 7um, a refractive index of
1.458, and a cladding of refractive index of 1.452. What is the Vnumber?
9- A step index fiber has a core diameter of 100um and a refractive
index of 1.480. The cladding has a refractive index of 1.460.
Calculate the numerical aperture of the fiber, acceptance angle
from air, and the number of modes sustained when the source
wavelength is 850nm.
10-A typical single mode optical fiber has a core of diameter 8um
and a refractive index of 1.46. The normalized index difference is
0.3%. The cladding diameter is 125um. Calculate the numerical
aperture and the acceptance angle of the fiber. What is the
single mode cut-off wavelength of the fiber?

Eng.M.S.Zaky