Title :
Integrated optics Pockels cell high-voltage sensor
Author :
Jaeger, Nicolas A F ; Rahmatian, Farnoosh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
fDate :
1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The operation of the integrated optics Pockels cell and its application as a high-voltage power system sensor are explained. The effects of the waveguide´s geometry on the intrinsic phase-difference of the device is investigated. Properly biased devices as short as 7 mm have been fabricated and tested. While the piezoelectric behaviour of the sensor-heads affects the useful bandwidths of these devices, samples with bandwidths on the order of 1 MHz have been fabricated. Also, devices capable of reproducing lightning impulses with front-times as short as 0.5 μs have been demonstrated
Keywords :
Pockels effect; electric sensing devices; integrated optoelectronics; photovoltaic cells; power system measurement; voltage measurement; 0.5 mus; 1 MHz; 7 mm; biased devices; fabrication; front-times; high-voltage sensor; integrated optics Pockels cell; intrinsic phase-difference; lightning impulses; piezoelectric behaviour; power system; testing; useful bandwidth; waveguide geometry; Bandwidth; Geometrical optics; Integrated optics; Lightning; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Piezoelectric devices; Power systems; Sensor systems and applications; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
