Explore topic-wise MCQs in Optical Communications.

This section includes 11 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Optical Communications knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Non-zero-dispersion-shifted fiber was introduced in the year 2000.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
2.

The variant of non-zero-dispersion-shifted fiber is called as __________

A. Dispersion flattened fiber
B. Zero-dispersion fiber
C. Positive-dispersion fiber
D. Negative-dispersion fiber
Answer» E.
3.

Any amount of stress occurring at the core-cladding interface would be reduced by grading the material composition.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
4.

For suitable power confinement of fundamental mode, the normalized frequency v should be maintained in the range 1.5 to 2.4 m and the fractional index difference must be linearly increased as a square function while the core diameter is linearly reduced to keep v constant. This confinement is achieved by?

A. Increasing level of silica doping in fiber core
B. Increasing level of germanium doping in fiber core
C. Decreasing level of silica germanium in fiber core
D. Decreasing level of silica doping in fiber core
Answer» C. Decreasing level of silica germanium in fiber core
5.

The fibers which relax the spectral requirements for optical sources and allow flexible wavelength division multiplying are known as __________

A. Dispersion-flattened single mode fiber
B. Dispersion-enhanced single mode fiber
C. Dispersion-compressed single mode fiber
D. Dispersion-standardized single mode fiber
Answer» B. Dispersion-enhanced single mode fiber
6.

An alternative modification of the dispersion characteristics of single mode fibers involves achievement of low dispersion gap over the low-loss wavelength region between __________

A. 0.2 and 0.9 m
B. 0.1 and 0.2 m
C. 1.3 and 1.6 m
D. 2 and 3 m
Answer» D. 2 and 3 m
7.

Dispersion-shifted single mode fibers are created by __________

A. Increasing fiber core diameter and decreasing fractional index difference
B. Decreasing fiber core diameter and decreasing fractional index difference
C. Decreasing fiber core diameter and increasing fractional index difference
D. Increasing fiber core diameter and increasing fractional index difference
Answer» D. Increasing fiber core diameter and increasing fractional index difference
8.

A single mode fiber has a zero dispersion wavelength of 1.21 m and a dispersion slope of 0.08 psnm-2km-1. What is the total first order dispersion at wavelength 1.26 m.

A. -2.8psnm<sup>-1</sup> km<sup>-1</sup>
B. -3.76psnm<sup>-1</sup> km<sup>-1</sup>
C. -1.2psnm<sup>-1</sup> km<sup>-1</sup>
D. 2.4psnm<sup>-1</sup> km<sup>-1</sup>
Answer» C. -1.2psnm<sup>-1</sup> km<sup>-1</sup>
9.

Most of the power in an optical fiber is transmitted in fiber cladding.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
10.

g = d / C*dk. What is in the given equation?

A. Attenuation constant
B. Propagation constant
C. Boltzmann s constant
D. Free-space
Answer» C. Boltzmann s constant
11.

A multimode step index fiber has source of RMS spectral width of 60nm and dispersion parameter for fiber is 150psnm-1km-1. Estimate rms pulse broadening due to material dispersion.

A. 12.5ns km<sup>-1</sup>
B. 9.6ns km<sup>-1</sup>
C. 9.0ns km<sup>-1</sup>
D. 10.2ns km<sup>-1</sup>
Answer» D. 10.2ns km<sup>-1</sup>