1. An optical fiber has a core diameter of 15 µm and core index of n1 = 1.465 at λ = 850 nm.

What is the minimum cladding index for which this fiber is single mode?

2. The core diameter of single mode step index fibre is about ______ and Multimode step index
fibres have larger core diameter ________
a. 60 to 70 µm
b. 8 to 10 µm
c. 50 to 200 µm
d. none

3. The refractive indices of core and cladding materials of a step index fibre are 1.48 and 1.45,
respectively. Calculate: (i) numerical aperture, (ii) acceptance angle, and (iii) the critical
angle at the core-cladding interface and (iv) fractional refractive indices change (Δ).

4. A manufactures wishes to make silica step index fiber with V=75 and a NA=0.3 to be used at
820nm. If n1=1.458. Find core size and cladding index?

5. An SI MM fiber has a core of 62.5µm diameter and a numerical aperture of 0.2424. How
many modes are in the core if we use a light of wavelength of 865nm ?

6. A point source of light is 12cm below the surface of large body of water (n=1.33). What is the
radius of the largest circle on the water surface through which light can emerge?

7. A 45-45-90 prism is immersed in alcohol (n=1.45). What is the minimum index of refraction
the prism must have if a ray incident normally on the short faces is to be totally reflected at
the long face of the prism.

8. When designing digital fiber-optic transmission links, the primary performance issue is the
________.
a. BER
b. power
c. noise
d. rate

9. An optical signal has 55% of the total power after travelling 3.5 km. what os the loss in
dB/km.

10. An optical communication link is designed to transmit data over a (single-mode) optical fiber
of 100 km, with fiber loss of 0.2 dB/km, six splices with 0.05 dB per splice loss, and two
connectors with 0.2 dB per connector. The receiver sensitivity is 20 µW. What is the
minimum transmitter power (express in both mW and dBm)?

11. For the system of Problem 10, the transmitter operates at 2.5 Gb/sec at a central
wavelength of 1550 nm, with a spectral line width of ∆λ = 0.5 nm.

a. If the fiber has a dispersion parameter of M = −20 ps/nm·km, then will the system
work?
b. If not, then what is the minimum length of dispersion compensating fiber with a
dispersion parameter M =100 ps/nm·km needed at the end of the link to achieve the
intended bit rate?