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    The document summarizes an experiment comparing single mode and multimode optical fibers for signal transmission. It tested various fiber lengths and properties like bit rate and laser frequency. For single mode fibers, transmission over 50km showed 10% power loss while 300km resulted in 1% power loss and signal distortion due to chromatic dispersion. Multimode fibers showed strong attenuation from intermodal dispersion at higher laser frequencies and bit rates, but lower frequencies and bit rates improved performance by reducing dispersion effects over shorter distances.

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    The document summarizes an experiment comparing single mode and multimode optical fibers for signal transmission. It tested various fiber lengths and properties like bit rate and laser frequency. For single mode fibers, transmission over 50km showed 10% power loss while 300km resulted in 1% power loss and signal distortion due to chromatic dispersion. Multimode fibers showed strong attenuation from intermodal dispersion at higher laser frequencies and bit rates, but lower frequencies and bit rates improved performance by reducing dispersion effects over shorter distances.

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    The document summarizes an experiment comparing single mode and multimode optical fibers for signal transmission. It tested various fiber lengths and properties like bit rate and laser frequency. For single mode fibers, transmission over 50km showed 10% power loss while 300km resulted in 1% power loss and signal distortion due to chromatic dispersion. Multimode fibers showed strong attenuation from intermodal dispersion at higher laser frequencies and bit rates, but lower frequencies and bit rates improved performance by reducing dispersion effects over shorter distances.

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    Single Mode and Multi-Mode Optical Fibers Optiwave

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    The document summarizes an experiment comparing single mode and multimode optical fibers for signal transmission. It tested various fiber lengths and properties like bit rate and laser frequency. For single mode fibers, transmission over 50km showed 10% power loss while 300km resulted in 1% power loss and signal distortion due to chromatic dispersion. Multimode fibers showed strong attenuation from intermodal dispersion at higher laser frequencies and bit rates, but lower frequencies and bit rates improved performance by reducing dispersion effects over shorter distances.

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    Experiment Name: Date:

    Single Mode and Multimode Optical 5/3/2019


    Fibers

    Group:
    Ali Ra'ad
    Mustafa Kareem
    Muhammed Fadhil
    Ameer Toran

    Procedure:
    1. The following transmitter and receiver circuits were connected, with a direct
    transmission channel and the properties below. The properties of the
    transmitted and received signals were observed.
    Bit rate 2.5Gbps
    Sequence Length 128bits
    Samples per bit 64
    Laser frequency 1552.52nm (third window)

    2. The transmission channel was changed to a 50km single mode optical fiber.
    Then the length was changed to 300km. The properties of the transmitted and
    received signals were observed in both cases.
    3. The transmission channel was changed to a multimode optical fiber, and the
    properties of the transmitted and received signals were observed in the
    following cases:
    Case 1:
    Bit rate 2.5Gbps
    Laser frequency 1552.52nm (third window)
    Length of fiber 1km
    Case 2:
    Bit rate 2.5Gbps
    Laser frequency 850nm (first window)
    Length of fiber 1km
    Case 3:
    Bit rate 100Mbps
    Laser frequency 850nm (first window)
    Length of fiber 1km
    Case 4:
    Bit rate 100Mbps
    Laser frequency 850nm (first window)
    Length of fiber 100m
    Case 5:
    Bit rate 10Gbps
    Laser frequency 850nm (first window)
    Length of fiber 100m
    Case 6:
    Bit rate 100Gbps
    Laser frequency 850nm (first window)
    Length of fiber 100m
    Results:
    1. Direct transmission:

    Figure 1: Pulse Generator Output


    Figure 2: Optical Modulator Output (time domain)

    Figure 3: Optical Modulator Output (frequency domain)


    Figure 4: Photodetector Output (noise and signal)

    Figure 5: Photodetector Output (noise)


    Figure 6: Low Pass Filter Output (noise and signal)

    Figure 7: Low Pass Filter Output (noise)


    2. Single Mode Fiber (50km):
    3. Single Mode Fiber (300km)
    4. Multimode Fiber case 1:

    5. Multimode Fiber case 2:


    6. Multimode Fiber case 3:
    7. Multimode Fiber case 4:
    8. Multimode Fiber case 5:
    9. Multimode Fiber case 6:
    Discussion:
    1. In the direct transmission channel, almost all of the sent power is received
    with very low losses, with the attenuation occurring due to noise and free
    space losses.
    2. In the single mode fiber case, when the length was 50km, the signal arrived
    with almost only 10% of its original power, but it still maintained its original
    form. When the length of the fiber was changed to 300km, the signal arrived
    with 1% of its original power and lost its shape due to mixing with the noise
    floor. These power losses occur due to the chromatic dispersion phenomenon
    occurring within the fiber, with the Dispersion constant being 16.75ps/nm/km,
    and a spectral width of almost 1nm (from figure 3) we can expect a delta ∆T:
    ∆T = Dc*L*∆λ = 16.75*50*1000*10^(-9) = 837.5 µs for L=50km
    However, when L=300:
    ∆T = Dc*L*∆λ = 16.75*300*1000*10^(-9) = 5025 µs = 5.025 ms which is
    relatively high.
    3. In the multimode fiber case 1, the signal lost almost all of its power and mixed
    with the noise floor. This happened due to the high operational frequency of
    the laser (1552.52nm) which led to a very high number of modes in the fiber,
    which itself led to high intermodal dispersion:
    V = 2*a*π*sqrt(n1^2-n2^2)/λ
    M = V^2/2 (SI)
    M = v^2/4 (GI)
    This attenuating effect was solved in case 2, when the frequency of the laser
    was changed to 850nm, lowering the number of modes and the intermodal
    dispersion.
    In case 3, we notice that lowering the bit rate to 100MHz offered a relatively
    better performance, because by lowering the bit rate, we increase the time of
    the single bit, lowering the effect of ∆T.
    In case 4, the length was decreased, which led to an almost 50% increase in
    the received power. This happened because by decreasing the length,
    dispersion also decreased:
    ∆T = L*n1^2*∆/c*n2
    Cases 5 and 6 do the opposite of case 3, the bit rate was raised to 10GHz and
    100GHz, well beyond the fiber's BL constant.

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