Fiber-optic current sensors based on polarization coherence and power scattering in magneto-optical films

Alan Y. Hsu; Alex M. Robinson; Richard W. Cernosek

doi:10.1117/12.793166

3 September 2008 Fiber-optic current sensors based on polarization coherence and power scattering in magneto-optical films

Alan Y. Hsu, Alex M. Robinson, Richard W. Cernosek

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Proceedings Volume 7070, Optical Technologies for Arming, Safing, Fuzing, and Firing IV; 70700T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793166
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Fiber-optic sensors for sensing electrical current are attractive due to their inherent immunity to electromagnetic interference. Several groups have shown the use of Faraday rotation in magneto-optical materials as a function of current-induced magnetic field. In this work, fiber-optic sensors based on different mechanisms such as magnetic-fielddependent polarization coherence and power scattering effects in magneto-optical materials are demonstrated. These novel sensor configurations can have advantages in that they exhibit power-independent or polarization-independent operation which can ultimately lead to fewer components and relaxed light source requirements compared to fiber-optic current sensor systems based on Faraday rotation.

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Alan Y. Hsu, Alex M. Robinson, and Richard W. Cernosek "Fiber-optic current sensors based on polarization coherence and power scattering in magneto-optical films", Proc. SPIE 7070, Optical Technologies for Arming, Safing, Fuzing, and Firing IV, 70700T (3 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793166

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