High sensitivity optical fiber current sensor based on polarization diversity and a Faraday rotation mirror cavity

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 924-929

  Zhang, Hongying ^a   Dong, Yongkang ^a   Leeson, Jesse ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CURRENT AMPLITUDE; FARADAY ROTATION MIRROR; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LINEAR RESPONSE; NONRECIPROCAL; OPTICAL FIBER CURRENT SENSORS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; SINGLE CHANNEL DETECTION;

MAGNETIC MIRRORS;

EID: 79951965654     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000924     Document Type: Article

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