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Name the key parameters for describing the signal transmission in single mode fiber and multimode fiber.

Mumbai University > Electronics and telecommunication > Sem 7 > optical communication and networks

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The key parameters for describing the signal transmission in single mode fiber and multimode fiber are as follows:

  1. Core diameter:

A single mode or mono mode step index fiber allows the propagation of only one traverse electromagnetic mode and hence the core diameter must be of the order of 2 µm to 10µm.

Multimode step index fiber with a core diameter of around 50 µm or greater allows the propagation of a finite number of guided modes along the channel.

  1. Source required:

Single mode step index fiber requires highly directional source such as LASER diode because of small core diameter.

For multimode fiber LED can be used as light source.

  1. Cut off frequency:

It is the shortest wavelength at which a fiber can support single mode operation. It is defined as:

λ=2πaV.NA

There is cutoff wavelength λc when V=2.405λc=2πa2.405.NA

For single mode step index fiber V2.405, Modes are cutoff after this wavelength.

  1. Mode field diameter (MFD)

MFD determines the size of light carrying portion of thefiber.

For single mode fiber MFD is very important since the light is not confined to the core diameter as in case of multimode fibers.

  1. Numerical Aperture

For optical technology dimensions of core cladding are very small and hence it is difficult to measure acceptance angle, critical angle. Therefore all these parameters are integrated into a single parameter called as numerical aperture (NA).

  1. V number

It determines the number of guided modes which can propagate through the fiber.

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