The wavelength accumulation effect of Verdet constant upon an optical current sensor

Verdet constant is one of the prominent parameter showing the magneto-optical property of magneto-optical materials. There will be a wavelength accumulation effect in the systems employing broad-band optical sources, because of the dispersion property of Verdet constant. It is not proved, however, how much this effect can affect the broad-band system up till now. Therefore it is necessary to research into it, because the question whether it is reasonable and feasible to use a monochromatic light model for the describing of broad-band systems is concerned. The dispersion formula of the Verdet constant of ZF-7 glass is calculated first, and then, its wavelength accumulation effect upon an optical current sensor is theoretically analyzed and digitally simulated, in this paper. The results show that the wavelength accumulation effect of the Verdet constant of ZF-7 glass is less enough and the treatment of using monochromatic model to describe broad-band optical current sensing systems is reasonable and feasible, if the wavelength accumulation effects of the other optical parameters of the sensing head are not considered. The results might be a reference to the colleagues working in the optical current sensing techniques area.     

Imperfection errors in glass block faraday effect current sensor

Theoretical analysis of measurement errors caused by the imperfection of the sensing optical loop in a glass block Faraday effect current sensor has been presented. The experimental results with the fabricated sensor which was designed to achieve a closed homogeneous and isotropic optical path show the importance of the perfectly isotropic and closed loop, in accordance with the theoretical consideration.     

Joint effect of dispersions of reflection-induced retardance and Verdet constant upon the sensitivity of an optical current sensor

The dispersion properties of the reflection-induced retardance of polarization-preserving reflecting medium layer and the Verdet constant of the ZF-7 optical glass and their joint effect on the sensitivity of a bulk glass optical current sensor are theoretically analyzed taking the Jones’ Matrix as a mathematical tool and using simulation with a computer. The investigation results show that the dispersions will significantly affect the scale factor of the system. Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize the driving current and the ambient temperature of the optical source by some technical means to ensure the wavelength stability. These results might be useful for the researchers and designers working in the optical current sensing techniques area.     

Effects of the temperature features of linear birefringence upon the sensitivity of a bulk glass current sensor

The temperature characteristics of linear birefringence and its effect upon the output of a bulk glass current sensor is theoretically analyzed and simulated. The results show that when temperature field distributes evenly, the linear birefringence induced by the mutual pressure between sensing head and surrounding material of the package is the main factor, the sensitivity of the system could be varied more than 1% during changes of temperature within the range of −40–40 °C. These results might be useful to those studying optical glass current sensing techniques.     

线性双折射色散对OCS灵敏度影响的理论研究

以琼斯矩阵为数学工具,利用理论分析和计算机仿真的方法研究了线性双折射的色散特性及其对光学电流传感器灵敏度的影响. 在光学电流传感器系统中,光源的驱动电流与环境温度改变,都会造成光源峰值波长移动. 由于光学玻璃材料线性双折射的色散特性,会使光学电流传感器的灵敏度随光源波长的变化而改变. 研究结果表明,线性双折射的色散特性会对输出曲线的尺度因子产生影响,但是影响很小可以忽略. 本研究结果可为光学电流传感器的研究设计人员提供有用的参考.     

延迟片法测量光学玻璃电流传感头线性双折射

测量光学传感头内线性双折射的大小对于提高光学电流传感器的性能有重要意义.本文报告了一种测量光学玻璃电流传感头线性双折射的新方法,以琼斯矩阵为数学工具给出了对该方法的理论分析及测量不确定度分析,并用实验方法给出了应用实例.此方法的主要优点是弥补了以前报告测量方法的不足,即无法唯一地确定光学玻璃电流传感头线性双折射的大小.本方法采用的光路所用元件容易获得且测量结构简单实用.     

光学电流互感器传感头色散特性对系统灵敏度影响研究

以琼斯矩阵为数学工具,利用理论分析和计算机仿真的方法研究了块状玻璃光学电流互感器传感头的色散特性对系统灵敏度的影响,并进行了实验验证.在光学电流互感器系统中,光源的驱动电流与环境温度改变,都会造成光源峰值波长移动.而在传感头中主要是由单层保偏反射膜的反射相移、光学玻璃的Verdet常数以及光学玻璃内的线性双折射这三个因素的色散特性,使得光学电流互感器的灵敏度随光源波长的变化而改变.研究结果表明,这种色散特性会对输出曲线的尺度因子产生明显的影响.因此,光源的恒温控制与光源驱动电流的恒流控制是必要的.本研究结果可为光学电流互感器的研究设计人员提供有用的参考.     

反射相移色散对OCS灵敏度影响的理论研究

以琼斯矩阵为数学工具,利用理论分析和计算机仿真的方法研究了单层保偏反射膜反射相移的色散特性及其对光学电流传感器灵敏度的影响.在光学电流传感器系统中,光源的驱动电流与环境温度改变,都会造成光源峰值波长移动.由于反射膜上产生的反射相移的色散特性,会使光学电流传感器的灵敏度随光源波长的变化而改变.研究结果表明,反射相移的色散特性会对输出曲线的尺度因子产生明显的影响.因此,光源的恒温控制与光源驱动电流的恒流控制是必要的. 本研究结果可为光学电流传感器的研究设计人员提供有用的参考.     

Effects of linear birefringence inside sensing head upon bulk glass current sensors’ sensitivity

The effects of the linear birefringence inside a bulk glass current sensing element and the incident polarizing angle upon the performance of a bulk glass optical current sensor are derived and analyzed theoretically. The investigation results show that the linear birefringence will modify the scale factor of the system with a sample function; it can also affect the extent of the influence of the incident polarizing angle, at the same time. When the incident polarizing angle has some special values such as 0, 45, or 90, its effect on the system will be zero. These results might provide some useful reference to the researchers and designers of bulk glass optical current sensors.     

波长积累效应对光学玻璃电流传感器输出影响的理论分析

在单层保偏膜式光学玻璃电流传感系统中,费尔德(Verdet)常数、线性双折射和反射相移都是光波长的函数即存在色散特性,因此在采用宽带光源时系统中会产生波长积累效应。先给出了三者的色散特性公式,再对其波长积累效应进行理论分析和计算机仿真。研究结果表明,在所考虑的线性双折射和反射相移的量值范围内,波长积累效应对光学玻璃电流传感系统影响甚微,用单色光模型处理宽带系统的做法是合理的与可行的;光源谱宽变化对系统输出的影响小于0.025%,在考虑三者的联合影响时,Verdet常数色散的影响占主导地位,而且整体上系统输出随光源谱宽的增加而有微弱增加。     

线性双折射对光学玻璃电流传感器输出特性影响的理论分析

对线性双折射及入射起偏角对光学玻璃电流传感器输出特性的影响进行了理论推导与分析,给出了光学玻璃电流传感器在非理想状态下线性双折射对输出电压的调制函数的数学表达式,并给出了入射起偏角对系统影响的数学表达式及其对系统有无影响的条件.结果表明,线性双折射会以Sa(δ)函数(抽样函数)的形式调制理想光学玻璃电流传感器输出信号的尺度因子,同时以－sin２(δ／2)为影响因子决定入射起偏角对系统影响的大小;当入射起偏角取某些特殊值时其对系统的影响为零.该工作结果对于光学玻璃电流传感器的研究、设计具有一定的理论参考意义.     

Effects of the polarizer parameters upon the performance of an optical current sensor

Extinction ratio is an important parameter of a polarizer, and the bias angle of the polarizer used in optical current sensing systems is also an important adjustable parameter. Both of them can certainly affect the performance of the sensing systems. In this paper, the effects of the extinction ratio and bias angle error of polarizers upon the output characteristics of an optical current sensor are investigated theoretically and experimentally; some useful results are given for the optical current sensor researchers and designers.     

光学电流传感器的新进展

利用法拉第磁电效应可实现电流的光学法测量.采用光学纤维或光学玻璃作为传感元件的电流传感器一直是研究和发展的重要课题.在本文中将概述光纤电流传感器中的主要问题,并着重介绍光学玻璃电流传感器的最新发展成果.     

光学玻璃电流传感头线性双折射的一种测量方法

报告了一种测量光学玻璃电流传感头线性双折射的方法,以琼斯矩阵为数学工具给出了对该方法的理论分析、测量不确定度计算公式,并用实验方法给出了应用实例.此方法的主要优点是光路所用元件容易获得且测量结构简单实用.     

Modeling and simulation of polarization errors in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor

Sagnac fiber optic current sensor (S-FOCS) is a kind of optical interferometer based on Sagnac structure, optical polarization states of sensing light wave in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor are limited. However, several factors induce optical polarization error, and non-ideal polarized light waves cause the interference signal crosstalk in sensor, including polarizer, quarter-wave retarder, splice angular, birefringence and so on. With these errors, linearly polarized light wave in PM fiber and circularly polarized light wave in sensing fiber become elliptically polarized light wave, then, nonreciprocal phase shift induced by magnetic field of the current is interrupted by wrong polarization state. To clarify characteristics of optical polarization error in fiber optic current sensor, we analyze the evolution process of random optical polarization state, linear optical polarization state and circular optical polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor by using Poincare sphere, then, build optical polarization error models by using Jones matrix. Based on models of polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor, we investigate the influence of several main error factors on optical polarization error characteristics theoretically, including extinction ratio in polarizer, phase delay in quarter-wave retarder, splice angular between quarter-wave retarder and polarization maintaining fiber. Finally, we simulate and quantify nonreciprocal phase shift to be detected in fiber optic current sensor related with optical polarization errors. In the end, we demonstrate S-FOCS in test. The results show that transfer matrix errors are induced by inaccurate polarization properties during polarization state conversion, then, the stability and accuracy of the S-FOCS are affected, and it is important to control the polarization properties at each step of the polarization state conversion precisely.     

A fiber-optic voltage sensor based on macrobending structure

We propose and demonstrate an optical voltage sensing scheme based on a macrobending optical fiber in a ratiometric power measurement system. This novel approach to sensing has not been utilized before and has the advantage that the sensor involves simple fabrication compared to existing fiber-optic voltage sensors. To prove the feasibility of such a fiber-optic sensor, a sensor for a voltage range from 0∼100 V is demonstrated, with a resolution of 0.5 V. The sensor is robust, linear, and shows a competitive measurement resolution. The sensor can be easily scaled to suit other voltage levels and be effectively combined with optical current sensors.     

光学玻璃电流互感器中互易性问题的理论研究

针对“折返式光路在可使Faraday效应加倍的同时消除线性双折射的影响”的说法,导出了具有折返光路的正交共轭反射式（OCR式）、直接反射式（DR式）及屋脊棱镜反射式（RPR式）光学电流传感器模型的等效传输矩阵.结果表明,当不存在法拉第效应时,OCR式折返光路可以消除线性双折射影响,DR式以及RPR式折返光路不能消除线性双折射的影响;在法拉第效应与双折射同时存在时情况下,上述三种折返光路都不能消除线性双折射的影响.因此,这一说法至少在采用惯常的差除和信号处理方案的光学玻璃电流互感器中是否成立有待商榷.     

磁光玻璃光纤的偏振特性及其在全光纤电流传感器中的应用

在磁光玻璃裸光纤偏振特性研究的基础上，研制磁光玻璃光纤，偏振特性及其在全光纤电流传感器中的应用。将采用模管法拉制成的磁光玻璃光纤置于亥姆霍兹线圈产生的磁场中，当线偏振光通过该光纤时，其偏振面旋转一定角度，把该角度转换成光信号的强度，然后再用仪器进行检测。通过对线偏振光偏振面在磁场中的偏振特性的测试与实验，提出用磁光玻璃光纤构成的全光纤电流传感器，可用于电流和磁场测试。     

Wavelength dependence of the sensitivity of a bulk-glass optical current transformer

The wavelength dependence of the sensitivity of a bulk-glass optical current transformer is theoretically analyzed, simulated numerically and verified experimentally. The results show that the wavelength dependence will cause obvious sensitivity fluctuation of the system because of the existence of the dispersions of the reflection-induced retardance, Verdet constant, and the linear birefringence inside the bulk-glass current sensing head. Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize the driving current and the ambient temperature of the optical source of the sensor or compensate the harmful effects caused by wavelength variation. These results might be useful for researchers and designers working in the optical current transformer techniques area.     

云与气溶胶光学遥感仪器发展现状及趋势

气溶胶是影响地球气候和环境的不确定因素之一,星载被动光学遥感具有大视场、宽波段、高时空分辨率等优势,已成为云与气溶胶探测的有效手段之一。本文简述了云与气溶胶光学遥感探测的必要性和可行性,详细介绍了国内外典型云与气溶胶光学遥感仪器的系统组成、主要技术参数和方案特点,并基于现有仪器的不足和气溶胶反演需求,指出了云与气溶胶光学遥感仪器的发展趋势,给出了新一代云与气溶胶光学遥感仪器的方案设计结果。集成大视场、中等分辨率、多角度、多光谱、宽谱段、长寿命的高精度偏振测量是新一代星载云与气溶胶光学遥感探测仪的首选方案和发展趋势。