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A-LevelPhysicsWavesFeb/Mar 2017Paper 4 Q58 Marks

(b) An optic fibre of length 57km is connected between a transmitter and a receiver, as shown in Fig. 5.1. transmitter signal power 15 × 10⁻³ W 57 km optic fibre receiver signal power P noise power 9.0 × 10⁻⁷ W Fig. 5.1 The attenuation per unit length of the optic fibre is 0.50 dB km⁻¹. The transmitter provides an input signal of power 15 × 10⁻³ W to the fibre. The noise power at the receiver is 9.0 × 10⁻⁷ W.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) Feb/Mar 2017 examination, Paper 4 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Waves and is worth 8 marks.

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