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Optical Fiber Refractive Index Calculations

The document contains 8 problems related to calculating optical fiber parameters such as refractive index of core and cladding materials, numerical aperture, acceptance angle, critical angle, and number of modes based on the given refractive index values of core and cladding. The problems involve step index and graded index optical fibers of different core and cladding material compositions and diameters operated at various wavelengths.

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Optical Fiber Refractive Index Calculations

The document contains 8 problems related to calculating optical fiber parameters such as refractive index of core and cladding materials, numerical aperture, acceptance angle, critical angle, and number of modes based on the given refractive index values of core and cladding. The problems involve step index and graded index optical fibers of different core and cladding material compositions and diameters operated at various wavelengths.

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Tutorial – 4

Optical Fiber
1. A glass clad fiber is made with core glass of refractive index 1.5 and the
cladding is doped to give index difference of 0.0005. Determine the
cladding refractive index.
2. Given the numerical aperture to be 0.2441 and refractive index of the core
to be 1.5, calculate the refractive index of the cladding as well as the
acceptance angle.
3. Calculate the numerical aperture and hence the acceptance angle of an
optical fiber given that refractive indices of core and cladding are 1.45 and
1.40 respectively.
4. For a step index fiber with core of refractive index 1.54 and cladding
refractive index 1.50 calculate the following when fiber is kept in water:
fractional refractive index, numerical aperture, acceptance angle and
number of modes The diameter of fiber is 15mm, it is operated at a
wavelength of 1.5 mm and its length is 10 Km.
5. The refractive indices of core and cladding materials of a step index fiber
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.
6. An optical fiber is made up of a core of refractive index 1.6 and a cladding
of refractive index 1.5. What is the maximum angle that the light rays can
make with the axis of the optical fiber so that light is totally reflected inside
the optical fiber?
7. A step index fiber of 0.0025 inch diameter has a core index of 1.52 and
cladding index of 1.44. Determine the following parameters:
(a) Critical Angle,
(b) Numerical Aperture,
(c) Acceptance Angle.
8. Consider the optical fiber with core index 1.46, diameter 50 micrometer
and surrounded by air. Determine the index of refraction of the cladding
necessary to make maximum entrance angle 10°.

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