Title :
Birefringence treatment of non-ideal optical microfibre coils for continuous Faraday rotation
Author :
Chen, G.Y. ; Brambilla, Gilberto ; Newson, T.P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A flexible technique to periodically perturb the evolution of differential phase in birefringent optical microfibre is proposed. This conceptual demonstration offers a simple yet effective solution to rectify non-ideal microfibre coil sensor heads for high-performance current sensing.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; birefringence; coils; electric sensing devices; fibre optic sensors; microsensors; birefringence; birefringent optical microfibre; continuous Faraday rotation; differential phase; flexible technique; high-performance current sensing; nonideal microfibre coil sensor heads; periodic perturbation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.0651
