Scientific Journal of Information Engineering August 2015, Volume 5, Issue 4, PP.126-131
The Effect of Linear Birefringence and Faraday Mirror to Optical Fiber Current Sensor Chao Qian1, 2, Xuguang Huang 1#, Zhiwen Wu 2 1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China 2.Special Functional Fiber Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China #
Email: huangxg@scnu.edu.cn
Abstract The linear birefringence is a big problem to the performance of optical fiber current sensor. It is reported that Faraday mirror can eliminate the linear birefringence because of its non-reciprocity to linear birefringence and reciprocity to circular birefringence. Stokes vector and Muller matrix are emphasized to analyze the impact of optical fiber current sensor and faraday mirror to output SOP from the aspect of theory. An experiment is also done to analyze the impact of linear birefringence caused by external factors such as temperature, vibration and so on. The result indicates that the influence of LB disappears when the current is zero. However, when the current is not zero, LB is not eliminated. Meanwhile when sensor fiber is the same, OFCS has less linear birefringence compared to conventional mirror. Keywords: Fiber Optic Current Sensor; Linear Birefringence; Faraday Mirror; Muller Matrix
线性双折射及法拉第反射镜对光纤电流 传感器的影响 * 钱超 1, 2,黄旭光 1,吴志文 2 1. 广东省微纳光子功能材料与器件重点实验室,广东 广州 510006 2. 广东高校特种功能光纤工程技术研究中心,广东 广州 510006 摘 要:光纤电流传感器的性能受限于传感光纤中的线性双折射,由于法拉第反射镜的非互易性以及线性双折射的互易性, 采用法拉第反射镜可以消除线性双折射的影响。运用斯托克斯矢量及密勒矩阵的方法从理论角度分析了线性双折射及法 拉第反射镜对输出偏振态的影响,并从实验角度分析了由温度及振动等外界因素引发的线性双折射对光纤电流传感器的 影响。结果证明,当电流为零时,线性双折射可以被法拉第反射镜消除,当电流不为零时,线性双折射的影响很难被消 除。实验结果同时也证明,当传感光纤相同时,采用传统反射镜的光纤电流传感相较于采用法拉第反射镜的系统,存在 更大的线性双折射。 关键词:光纤电流传感器;线性双折射;法拉第反射镜;密勒矩阵
引言 近些年随着输电线路电流等级的增加,传统的电磁式电流互感器越来越难满足行业需求。而全光纤电 流互感器凭借其易于安装,抗电磁干扰,没有磁饱和效应,动态范围宽[7]等优点越来越被电力行业所重视。 基于法拉第效应的光纤电流互感器在实用化过程中遇到了两大难题:一是石英光纤的费尔德常数较低, *
基金资助:受广东省部产学研项目支持资助(2012B091100096) 。 - 126 http://www.sjie.org