SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

TERM END EXAMINATION- FALL semester 2011 Model Question Paper

Discipline: B.Tech(ECE) Subject : Optoelectronics Subject Code: EEE202 Instructions: Answer all questions Semester:III Max Marks :100 Time: 3 hrs

1. Compare and contrast the conditions and spectral outputs of Interference and diffraction pattern [5] 2. Direct energy gap of a ternary semiconductor (GaPx As1-x) is given by 1.424 + 1.50 x + 0.176 x2, Evaluate the output spectral wavelength of the given semiconductor [5] 3. Recognize the effect of Exciton absorption and deduce the various factors leading to excition formation in pure semiconductors. [5] 4. Identify and Illustrate with a diagram, how momentum is conservation in band-to-band transition for direct and indirect bandgap semiconductors. [10] [OR] Discuss the method of detecting temporal profile of a semiconductor luminescence using time resolved photoluminescence [10] 5. Illustrate with a short note on (i) Franck Keldysh effect (ii) Stark Shift 6. [5]

Explain the Electroluminescent process of a planar surface emitting LED which is forward biased. [10] [04] [06]

Derive the overall extraction efficiency of the Light emitting diode. 7. (a) Write a short note on temperature dependence of LED emission (b) Distinguish LED failures during testing and controlling the reliability of LEDs [OR]

(a) Find the spectral output of an AlGaAs laser supported by the gain spectrum which as a bandwidth of 12 nm. The laser has a resonator cavity length of 250 m and emission wavelength of 1.3 m. (Refractive index of AlGaAs is 3.67) [05]

(b) Calculate the energy separation for resonant modes of a GaAs laser with a cavity length of 150 m [05]

8. Derive an expression for the responsivity of an intrinsic photo detector in terms of the quantum efficiency of the device and the wavelength of the incident radiation [10]

9. An Avalanche photodiode detects at = 1.5 m by photoexcitaton with a responsivity of 0.7 A/W when operated with a gain of 30. If 1011 photons are incident on the device per sec, calculate the quantum efficiency and the rms photocurrent of the device. 10. Explain zero dispersion and spectral width for the optical fiber communication [05] [10]

11. Determine the cutoff wavelength of the step index fiber to exhibit single mode operation when the core refractive index and radius are 1.46 and 4.5 m, respectively with relative index difference being 0.25 % signals in the optical fiber . [05] [10] 12. What is meant by attenuation? Explain the various mechanism that constitute for the attenuation of

13. The mean optical power launched into an optical fiber link is 1.5mW and the fiber has an attenuation of 0.45 dB/km at 1310 nm and 0.25 dB/km at 1550 nm. Determine the maximum possible link length without repeaters, when the minimum mean optical power level require at the detector is [05] 14. A four port multimode fiber FBT coupler has 60 W optical power launched into port 1. The measured output power at ports 2,3 and 4 are 0.004, 26.0 and 27.5 W respectively Determine the excess loss, the insertion losses between the input and the output ports, the crosstalk and the split ratio for the device. [05] 5 W