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In multimode step index fibre the refractive index of core and cladding is____________?

Correct answer: D. different with refractive index of core higher than cladding

  • A. same
  • B. different
  • C. zero
  • D. different with refractive index of core higher than cladding

Explanation

A step-index fibre has a sudden change in refractive index at the core-cladding boundary, so the core and cladding have different refractive indices. For total internal reflection, the core index must be greater than the cladding index, ncore > ncladding. The likely mistake is choosing b, which recognizes only that the indices differ but misses the required order.

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