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A novel all-fibre configuration for a flexible polarimetric current sensor

Luc Thévenaz, Dario Alasia
2004
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In this paper a polarimetric fibre-optics current sensor in a new highly versatile all-fibre configuration is described. The optical configuration is particularly simple and is based on a back-and-forth propagation through a twisted sensing fibre. This results in a very flexible sensing cable which can be adapted to a great number of existing power installations, by simply winding the fibre around the uninterrupted electrical conductor. The prototype presented here is designed to measure ac and dc currents with an excellent accuracy over more than three decades. © 2004 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Luc Thévenaz, Dario Alasia
2004
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/a2d1c8fb-65e4-4917-b517-f3d48128545e

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An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data transfer rates) than electrical cables.

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