A Fiber Optic Sensor For Measuring Multimegampere Currents From Flux Compression Generators

L. R. Veeser; R. S. Caird; C. M. Fowler; D. J. Erickson

doi:10.1117/12.944911

15 October 1984 A Fiber Optic Sensor For Measuring Multimegampere Currents From Flux Compression Generators

L. R. Veeser, R. S. Caird, C. M. Fowler, D. J. Erickson

Proceedings Volume 0506, Fiber Optics in Adverse Environments II; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944911
Event: 28th Annual Technical Symposium, 1984, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We are developing and fielding single mode fiber optic sensors that measure multi-megampere currents in electromagnetically hostile environments aggravated by the use of explosives. Current is measured by detecting the Faraday rotation of polarized laser light from a fiber surrounding the current conductor. Comparisons to accurately calibrated Rogowski loops show agreement to within a few per cent, well within the accuracies of the experiments.

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L. R. Veeser, R. S. Caird, C. M. Fowler, and D. J. Erickson "A Fiber Optic Sensor For Measuring Multimegampere Currents From Flux Compression Generators", Proc. SPIE 0506, Fiber Optics in Adverse Environments II, (15 October 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944911

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