problem 1: Draw and describe the block diagram of optical communication system.
problem 2: What are the benefits of optical fiber communication?
problem 3: Illustrate the structure of an optical fiber?
problem 4: How does light propagate all along a fiber?
problem 5: Of what materials are the fibers made up?
problem 6: List some applications where optical fibers might be helpful.
problem 7: describe the history of optical fiber communication.
problem 8: When was semi-conductor LASER invented?
problem 9: Light travels from air (n = 1.00) to water (n = 1.33) at an incident angle of 40 degree. Compute the refracted angle.
problem 10: The speed of light in given types of glass is as follows; Compute the index of refraction for each one:
a) Barium flint: 1.89 X 108 m/s
b) Spectacle crown: 1.97 X 108 m/s
c) Fused Quartz: 2.06 X 108 m/s