Explore topic-wise MCQs in Optical Communications.

This section includes 7 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.

When two components are equally excited at the fiber input, then for polarization maintaining fibers g should be around ___________

A. 1.5ns/km
B. 1 ns/km
C. 1.2ns/km
D. 2ns/km
Answer» C. 1.2ns/km
2.

A polarization maintaining fiber operates at a wavelength 1.2 m and have a modal birefringence of 1.8*10-3. Calculate the period of perturbation.

A. 0.7 seconds
B. 0.6 seconds
C. 0.23 seconds
D. 0.5 seconds
Answer» C. 0.23 seconds
3.

Beat length of a single mode optical fiber is 0.6cm. Calculate the difference between propagation constants for the orthogonal modes.

A. 69.8
B. 99.86
C. 73.2
D. 104.66
Answer» E.
4.

The beat length in a single mode optical fiber is 8 cm when light from a laser with a peak wavelength 0.6 m is launched into it. Estimate the modal birefringence.

A. 1 10<sup>-5</sup>
B. 3.5 10<sup>-5</sup>
C. 2 10<sup>-5</sup>
D. 4 10<sup>-5</sup>
Answer» B. 3.5 10<sup>-5</sup>
5.

An optical fiber behaves as a birefringence medium due to differences in ___________

A. Effective R-I and core geometry
B. Core-cladding symmetry
C. Transmission/propagation time of waves
D. Refractive indices of glass and silica
Answer» B. Core-cladding symmetry
6.

The optical source used for detection of optical signal is ____________

A. IR sensors
B. Photodiodes
C. Zener diodes
D. Transistors
Answer» C. Zener diodes
7.

For many applications that involve optical fiber transmission, an intensity modulation optical source is not required.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.