Integrated compact optical current sensors with high sensitivity

Duanni Huang; Paolo Pintus; Sudharsanan Srinivasan; John E. Bowers

doi:10.1117/12.2214499

24 February 2016 Integrated compact optical current sensors with high sensitivity

Duanni Huang, Paolo Pintus, Sudharsanan Srinivasan, John E. Bowers

Proceedings Volume 9744, Optical Components and Materials XIII; 97440D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214499
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate a Sagnac based fiber optic current sensor using only 10cm of terbium doped fiber with a high Verdet constant of 15.5 rad/Tm at a wavelength of 1300nm. Measurements of the fiber inside a solenoid show over 40dB of open loop dynamic range as well as a minimum detectable current of 0.1mA. In order to decrease size while increasing sensitivity even further, we consider integrated magneto-optic waveguides as the sensing element. Using silicon waveguides alongside magneto-optic material such as cerium doped yttrium iron garnet (Ce:YiG), we model the Verdet constant to be as high as 10,000 rad/Tm. This improvement by three orders of magnitude shows potential for magnetooptic waveguides to be used in ultra-high sensitivity optical magnetometers and current sensors. Finally, we propose a fully integrated optical current sensor using heterogeneous integration for silicon photonics.

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Duanni Huang, Paolo Pintus, Sudharsanan Srinivasan, and John E. Bowers "Integrated compact optical current sensors with high sensitivity", Proc. SPIE 9744, Optical Components and Materials XIII, 97440D (24 February 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214499

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