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Which chapter is this?QUESTION: An optic fibre has a signal attenuation of 0.20 dB km–1. The input signal to the optic fibre has a power of 26 mW. The receiver at the output of the fibre has a noise power of 6.5 µW. Calculate the maximum uninterrupted length of optic fibre given that the signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver must not be less than 30 dB
ANSWER SCHEME : if P is power at receiver, 30 = 10lg(P / (6.5 × 10–6) C1 P = 6.5 × 10–3 W
loss along cable = 10lg({26 × 10–3} / {6.5 × 10-3})
= 6.0 dB
length = 6.0 / 0.2 = 30 km
I dont understand how to approach this whole problem :/ its from s08 qp 4 of cie a level physics, help will be very very much appreciated.