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Analysis of fabrication error and optimization technique of λ/4 waveplate for fiber optical current transformer

  • Yongguang Wang
  • , Guochen Wang*
  • , Boya Zhang
  • , Wei Gao
  • , Zhuo Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Military Office of Rocket Armaments Department in Harbin District

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Abstract

The principle of fiber optical current transformer and the function of λ/4 wave plate are described in this paper. We propose and demonstrate three kinds of main fabrication errors of λ/4 wave plate, including fiber material error, axial angle error and length interception error. In order to reduce the errors above, an elliptical core polarization-maintaining fiber, which is relatively temperature-insensitive and has a long beat length 20 mm, is used as the wave plate fiber. And we build a set of all-fiber λ/4 wave plate fabrication platform utilizing polarization analyzer and optical microscope. Therefore, the excellent performance λ/4 wave plate (DOP<98%, PER<0.2dB) was obtained with the fabrication platform. Experimental results of DC current measurement (100A~3000A) and temperature test (-40°C~85°C) show that the measurement accuracy of prototype with the fabricated λ/4 wave plate is better than 0.2S, which verified that the analysis of fabrication error and optimization technique of λ/4 wave plate in this paper can improves the performance of FOCT effectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications XI
EditorsZuyuan He, Gang-Ding Peng
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510646513
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications XI 2021 - Nantong, China
Duration: 10 Oct 202112 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11901
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications XI 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNantong
Period10/10/2112/10/21

Keywords

  • Elliptical core polarization-maintaining fiber
  • Fiber optical current transformer
  • Phase delay
  • Polarization extinction ratio
  • λ/4 wave plate

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