Nonplanar fiber-optic sensing head for the compensation of bending-induced birefringence in Faraday current sensors

Appl Opt. 2015 Jun 20;54(18):5708-14. doi: 10.1364/AO.54.005708.

Abstract

We demonstrate the compensation of bending-induced linear birefringence in single-mode fibers coiled in a nonplanar path by alternating orthogonal bending planes. This effect can be applied for the construction of birefringence-free fiber coils in Faraday sensor heads (e.g., in current sensors) to improve their sensitivity. Validation experiments are presented.