1986-10-10
1988-09-20
LaRoche, Eugene R.
350 9629, G02B 610
Patent
active
047720832
ABSTRACT:
An optical fibre interferometer particularly adapted to provide a light output that is modulated in relation to the intensity of an electromagnetic field includes a single-mode fibre of substantially non-electrooptic material (20, 22 and 24) to which has been spliced (at 26 and 28) a single-mode fibre of substantially electrooptic material (30). When the interferometer is placed in an electromagnetic field, the optical characteristics of the substantially electooptic fibre are varied, but the optical characteristics of the substantially non-electrooptic fibre are not. As a result, the light passing through the substantially non-electrooptic and electrooptic fibres undergoes a differential phase shift, causing interference upon light recombination that provides the desired light output modulation. Embodiments in which the fibre of substantially electooptic material is replaced by an optical waveguide of substantially electrooptic material, either formed separately (50, FIG. 3) or directly (70, FIG. 4 on the optical fibre itself, are discussed, as is the broad applicability of the interferometer to any situation in which an external parameter is to be measured.
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LaRoche Eugene R.
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