Title :
Isotropic receive pattern of an optical electromagnetic field probe based upon Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Diba, Serigne ; Trzaska, Hubert
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Telecommun. & Acoust., Tech. Univ. Wroclaw, Poland
fDate :
2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This article describes a new idea for the design of electric field sensors that is informative for engineers studying sensors. However, there has been no experiment to show that such a sensor can be made. The phase difference between the light waves at the output ports of the sensors should be considered to realize the sensor. This article is devoted to an optical electromagnetic field probe based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Unlike the electric sensors based on diode dipole technology, obtaining an isotropic receive pattern, in the case of an optical electromagnetic field probe, requires the use of three appropriately biased sensors connected in parallel before scalar summation. The configuration of such a sensor is discussed
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electric field measurement; electro-optical devices; electromagnetic fields; optical sensors; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; biased sensors; configuration; design; electric field sensors; isotropic receive pattern; light waves; optical electromagnetic field probe; phase difference; scalar summation; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Probes; Sensor phenomena and characterization;
Journal_Title :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on