New design of optical electric-current sensor for sensitivity improvement

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 418-423

  Yi, Benshun ^b   Chu, B C B ^a,b   Chiang, K S ^a,b   Chung, Henry S H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FARADAY EFFECT; LIGHT REFLECTION; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL GLASS; PRISMS; PROBES; REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

CRITICAL ANGLE REFLECTION; LIGHT BEAM; MAGNETOOPTICAL FIELD SENSOR; OPTICAL ELECTRIC CURRENT SENSOR; OPTICAL LOSSES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0033682825     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.843089     Document Type: Article

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