Title : 
Deconvolving Current From a Faraday Rotation Measurement
         
        
            Author : 
Mitchell, Stephen E.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Remote Sensing Lab., Las Vegas, NV
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, a unique software program is reported, which automatically decodes the Faraday rotation signal into a time-dependent current representation. System parameters such as the Faraday fiber´s Verdet constant and the number of loops in the sensor are the only user-interface inputs. The central aspect of the algorithm utilizes a short-time Fourier transform, which reveals much of the Faraday rotation measurement´s implicit information necessary for unfolding the dynamic current measurement.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Faraday effect; Fourier transforms; deconvolution; pulsed power technology; Faraday fiber Verdet constant; Faraday rotation signal; deconvolving current; dynamic current measurement; short-time Fourier transform; software program; time-dependent current representation; Current measurement; Faraday effect; Fourier transforms; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical modulation; Optical retarders; Optical sensors; Rotation measurement; Signal processing; Faraday rotation; Verdet; mega-amps; short-time Fourier transform (STFT);
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TPS.2007.914166