Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Optical or pre-photocell system
Patent
1990-03-20
1991-09-24
Nelms, David C.
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Optical or pre-photocell system
25022724, 324 96, H01J 516
Patent
active
050515772
ABSTRACT:
In known Faraday effect current sensors, light is fed into a polarizer, through a coil of field-sensitive optical fiber, and into a polarization measuring device. Such a current sensor can provide greater accuracy of current measurement by using a polarizing optical fiber as its polarizer and splicing the polarizing fiber to the input end of the optical fiber coil. The exit end of the optical fiber coil can be spliced to a second polarizing optical fiber, the other end of which is optically connected to a photodetector. In another embodiment, a mirror at the exit end of the optical fiber coil reflects light back through the coil to second and third polarizing fibers which in turn are optically connected to a pair of photodetectors, thus doubling the Faraday rotation while canceling out reciprocal optical effects.
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Forsberg Gary B.
Lutz Dale R.
Olson Grieg A.
Buckingham Stephen W.
Griswold Gary L.
Kirn Walter N.
Le Que Tan
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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