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a) The attenuation inside the optical fibre follows the law:
Where I= intensity at any point 'x' and is initial intensity, i.e. at x=0.
Attenuation coefficient
So, attenuation coefficient in normal units can be written as:
So, the total attenuation due to cable will be:
Thus the ratio of incident intensity (or power) to the intensity (or power) at output is 25.684.
b) Initial power=1mW
Receiver sensitivity refers to the minimum power that can be received, given as: -30dBm
So, minimum power received:
The length for which this amount of power can be transmitted:
This is the maximum distance up to which power can be transmitted without amplification.