• DocumentCode
    3013769
  • Title

    Progress in High Sensitivity Electro-optic Field Sensors

  • Author

    Garzarella, Anthony ; Wu, Dong Ho ; Hinton, Randall J.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An EO sensor measures an external electric field though a modulation of birefringence (detected optically) induced by the field on the nonlinear crystal. We have developed three different types of EO sensors: a free-field sensor to measure an electric field in transmission mode, another free-field sensor in reflection mode, and an optical fiber- attached sensor to measure a field inside a cavity. These sensors can detect both CW RF fields as well as transient RF fields.
  • Keywords
    electric field measurement; electro-optical devices; optical sensors; CW RF fields detection; electric field measurement; free-field sensor; high sensitivity electro-optic field sensors; optical fiber- attached sensor; reflection mode sensor; transient RF fields detection; transmission mode sensor; Birefringence; Electric variables measurement; Electrooptic devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical detectors; Optical fiber sensors; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453091
  • Filename
    4453091