Faraday effect sensors: THE state of the art

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 985, Issue , 1989, Pages 138-150

  Day, G W ^a   Rose, A H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

AC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CURRENT SENSORS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; OPTICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; STATE OF THE ART; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84957465359     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.948837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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