Elimination of birefringence induced scale factor errors in the in-line sagnac interferometer current sensor

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1844-1850

  Short, Shayne X ^a,b,c,d   De Arruda, Josiel U ^a,e,f   Tselikov, Alexandr A ^a,g,h,i,j   Blake, James N ^a,k,l,m,n  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld   (United States)

^d LLP ^*  (United States)

^e INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^h LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^j SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m California Institute of Technology   (United States)

ⁿ Honey Well Corporation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Fiber optic current sensors; Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS;

IN-LINE SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER CURRENT SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032184158     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.721071     Document Type: Article

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