• DocumentCode
    1840122
  • Title

    Extreme current measurements using a fibre optics current sensor

  • Author

    Briffod, F. ; Alasia, D. ; Thevenaz, L. ; Cuenoud, G. ; Robert, Ph.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Metrol. & Photonics, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10-10 May 2002
  • Firstpage
    607
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that an optical fibre current sensor can measure current over 500 kA with an accuracy of 0.2%. This level of accuracy has never previously been achieved using a traditional non-optical sensor.
  • Keywords
    electric current measurement; fibre optic sensors; measurement errors; 500 kA; extreme current measurements; fibre optics current sensor; measurement accuracy; optical fibre current sensor; Birefringence; Current measurement; Fiber optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Sagnac interferometers; Sensor systems; Ultraviolet sources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Sensors Conference Technical Digest, 2002. Ofs 2002, 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7289-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFS.2002.1012109
  • Filename
    1012109