Fiber Final Exam (8/1/2020) by Suliman Attili

Lectures 5,6,7,8,9,11,12
1-The cut off wavelength depends on (𝝀𝒄): (not sure about the answer)

A-Increase of the photodiode area B-Increase of junction capacitance

D- Something
C-Decrease of band energy gap 𝐸𝑔
about Absorption
coefficient s (Increase or Decrease I
don’t remember)
2-The speed of the photodiode transit-time (𝒕𝒅) depends on: (not sure about the answer)
A-Increase of the photodiode area B-Increase of junction capacitance
C-Decrease of band energy gap 𝐸𝑔 D-Something about Absorption
coefficient s (Increase or Decrease I
don’t remember) 3-In Radio Over Fiber (ROF) the noise is added:
A-At the optical receiver B-At the Optical and Wireless
receiver
C-At the optical Transmitter and receiver D-At the wireless Transmitter and
receiver
4-The remaining challenges that face visible light communication are:
A-Downlink communication B-Heat dissipation
C-Light dimming D-Both B and C
5-Pump lasers with high output powers in the 1400-to-1500-nm region are
required for Raman amplification of:
A- C and U band B- C and S band
C- C and L band D- C band
6-The bus dynamic range is: (if you find any of these two answers choose it)
A-The ratio between the nearest and furthest two stations
B-the maximum optical power range to which any detector must be able to
respond
C-The ratio of the maximum to minimum power to the receiver within which range
satisfactory performance is obtained
D-
7-The losses increase in a logarithmic way when you add new stations in:
A-Bus network B-Star network
C- D-
8-The network that will still work fully even if you cut all the fiber links between
two nodes is:
A-Unidirectional path-switched ring B-Star network
C-Bidirectional line-switched ring C-Bus network

9-What does optical amplifier mean?

An optical fiber amplifier is a fiber optic device used to amplify optical signals
directly without conversion into electrical signals.
10-What is SRS (Stimulated Ramen Scattering)?
It is an is an inelastic phenomenon resulting from the scattering of an incoming
photon inside the optical fiber.
11-Mention the three main types of optical amplifiers
1-Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)
2-Active fiber or doped-fiber amplifiers (DFAs)
3-Raman amplifiers
12-What is the output saturation power?
It is the output power when gain drops 3db
(Draw the figure as well just to be in the safe side)

13-Mention one advantage of bus network over star network.

1-Easy to implement and quick to setup, and simple to later extend
2-Cheaper to deploy
3-Easier to debug issues
14-What is the booster amplifier?
It is an optical amplifier used to Compensates for passive coupling and splitting
losses in a LAN.

Answer only 3 questions out of the 4 questions.

Q1)
Q2)
Solution question 2
Q3) About problem set 4 (very long question 2.5 pages)
Q4) Combined question 1 and 2 in problem set ROF, but there
is no splicing 𝒍𝒔 = 𝟎 and the connector loss (𝒍𝒄) is 1.25 𝒅𝑩 ,
Length = 10Km, didn’t give us E[𝒏𝟐𝒐𝒑] (he probably forgot),
E[𝒏𝟐𝒘𝒍]
 Fiber-Wireless Systems
1. OSNR: In a Radio over Fiber link, RF input power to the laser is +27 dBm. Laser input

impedance is 50 ohm and laser modulation gain Gm is 0.1 mW/mA.

(a) There are two connectors between the laser and photodiode, each with 1 dB loss
and three splices each with 0.5 dB loss. Fiber attenuation is 0.5 dB/km. Receiver
output impedance is also 50 ohm. Detector responsivity 0.8 and avalanche gain

M is 50. Find the optical link loss Lop as a function of fiber length L km.

(b) What is the RF power emanating from the photo detector (before the avalanche
gain)?

(c) Find the mean square value of the ac component of the detector current id.

(d) If the total optical link noise is 1 × 10−12 A2 over the given bandwidth, find the

OSNR for L = 5,10 and 20 km considering the avalanche gain.

(e) Plot OSNR vs L.

2. ESNR and cSNR For the systems mentioned above, assume the Fiber length is 10 km,

the RAP amplifier gain GOP is +30 dB and wireless channel loss Lwl = 20 dB.

(a) Find received signal power E[rs2(t)] at the wireless handset.

(b) Assuming the optical noise power as above and electrical noise power is 1×10−10

A2, find the cSNR.

Solution
Q1: Part (a)

1
 (1)

= 77 + L dB

Part(c)

PRF,receiver = PRF,laser − Lop dBm

= 27 − (77 + L) dBm

= −(L + 50) dBm

(2)
L mW

Part(d)
Therefore,

Part (e)

OSNR =

(3)
Note remove M from OSNR in the future. Converting to dB

OSNR = 10[ dB

2
Part (f)

L (km) 5 10 20

OSNR (dB) 52 47 37
Q2: Part (a) (L= 10 km)

(4)
=2× 10−9 W

Part (b)

(5)

= 10 dB