1- Consider a step-index optical fibre with refractive index n₁ = 1.4332 in the core and n₂=1.3223 in the cladding. a) Explain the geometrical propagation of light along the fibre. b) Calculate the critical angle at the core-cladding interface. c) We call numerical aperture (NA) to the magnitude defined by : NA=sin 0a, where 0 is the maximum acceptance angle of incidence for light to be transmitted in the fibre. Show that NA = (nn) and calculate NA for this optical fibre. air 0₁ cladding n₂ cladding n₂ core n

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1- Consider a step-index optical fibre with refractive index n₁ = 1.4332 in the core and
n₂=1.3223 in the cladding.
a) Explain the geometrical propagation of light along the fibre.
b) Calculate the critical angle at the core-cladding interface.
c) We call numerical aperture (NA) to the magnitude defined by : NA=sin 0, where 0 is the
maximum acceptance angle of incidence for light to be transmitted in the fibre. Show that
NA = (nn) and calculate NA for this optical fibre.
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0₁
cladding n₂
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Transcribed Image Text:1- Consider a step-index optical fibre with refractive index n₁ = 1.4332 in the core and n₂=1.3223 in the cladding. a) Explain the geometrical propagation of light along the fibre. b) Calculate the critical angle at the core-cladding interface. c) We call numerical aperture (NA) to the magnitude defined by : NA=sin 0, where 0 is the maximum acceptance angle of incidence for light to be transmitted in the fibre. Show that NA = (nn) and calculate NA for this optical fibre. air 0₁ cladding n₂ cladding n₂ core n
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