Polarimetric current sensor using an in-line Faraday rotator

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-335

  Briffod, Fabien ^a,c   Thévenaz, Luc ^a   Nicatl, Pierre Alain ^a   Kung, Alain ^b   Robert, Philippe A ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Teletronic SA   (Switzerland)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Current sensor; Faraday rotator; Fiber optic; Polarimetric sensor

Indexed keywords

FARADAY ROTATOR; POLARIMETRIC FIBER OPTIC CURRENT SENSORS;

FARADAY EFFECT; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIMETERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033742712     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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8. D. Tang, A.H. Rose, G.W. Day, and S.M. Etzel, "Annealing of linear birefringence in single-mode fiber coils: Application to optical fiber current sensor," J. Lightwave Technol., vol.9, no.8, pp.1031-1037, Aug. 1991. Fabien Briffod received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 1996. He then joined the Metrology Laboratory of the EPFL, where he is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree. His primary research is on fiber optics current fe sensors. Luc Thévenaz received the B.Sc. degree in astrophysics from the Observatory of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1982 and the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1988. In 1983, he joined the Group of Applied Physics at the University of Geneva, where he has been engaged in research work on single-mode fiber measurement techniques. In 1988, he joined the Laboratory of Metrology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he is currently Senior Lecturer. He manages many research projects dealing with guided-wave measurement techniques, Brillouin-scattering optical fiber sensors, nonlinearities in fibers, and spectroscopic techniques. In 1991, he visited the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Stanford University, Stanford, CA, where he participated in the development of a Brillouin laser fiber gyroscope. In 1998-1999 he was Research Manager for chemical sensing projects in the company Orbisphere Laboratories in Ncuchatcl, Switzerland, and also visited the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Taejon, South Korea, to develop different fiber laser sensors. Pierre-Alain Nicati His biography is not available. Alain Küng received the degree in microtcchnology engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1997 from EPFL. From 1992 to 1997, he has been with the Metrology Laboratory of the EPFL, where he worked towards his Ph.D. degree on Brillouin fiber laser for which he performed modeling and developed new applications. In 1997-1999, he occupied a postdoctoral position in the Metrology Laboratory of the EPFL, where he dealt with optical telecommunication networks and integrated optics on silicon substrate. His research interests also include characterization of integrated optical devices, fiber sensors and their optical signal processing. He is currently with Lucent Technology in Holmdel, NJ, working on optical amplifiers. Philippe A. Robert received the Diploma degree in physics engineering in 1961 and the Ph.D. degree in 1968 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. From 1968 to 1974, he was with Les Câbleries et Trébleries de Cossonay, where his research interests are in new products and new manufacturing processes, including optical fibers. From 1974 to 1979, he has been engaged in the development and installa-tion of the first optical cables made in Switzerland. Since 1979, he has been a Professor at the EPFL and Head of the Laboratory of Metrology. His current research activities concern guided optics, optical fibers, and integrated optics with applications in optical signal processing, sensors, and telecommunications.