(1) Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, 376 Kiryu, Gunma, Japan;(2) Present address: Benkan Corp., Yabutsuka Honmachi, Nitta-gun, 379-23 Gunma, Japan
Abstract:
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.