Explain how GRIN fiber has transmission bit rate much higher than multimode step index fiber.

Mumbai University > Electronics and telecommunication > Sem 7 > optical communication and networks

Marks: 10

Years: MAY 2013

• The index of refraction varies smoothly and continuously over the diameter of core.

• Graded Index Fiber does not have a constant refractive index in the core. Due to this property they are also called inhomogeneous core fibers.

• It has a decreasing core index n(r) with radial distance …