Lensless Magneto-optic speed sensor
Abstract
Lensless magneto-optic speed sensor. The construction of a viable Faraday sensor has been achieved. Multimode fiber bundles are used to collect the light. If coupled directly into a 100 or 200 .mu.m core fiber, light from a light emitting diode (LED) is sufficient to operate the sensor. In addition, LEDs ensure that no birefringence effects in the input fiber are possible, as the output from such light sources have random polarization. No lens is required since the large diameter optical fibers and thin crystals of materials having high Verdet constants (such as iron garnets) employed permit the collection of a substantial quantity of light. No coupler is required. The maximum amount of light which could reach a detector using a coupler is 25%, while the measured throughput of the fiber-optic bundle without a coupler is about 42%. All of the elements employed in the present sensor are planar, and no particular orientation of these elements is required. The present sensor operates over a wide range of distances from magnetic field sources, and observed signals are large. When a tone wheel is utilized, the signals are independent of wheel speed, and the modulation is observed to be about 75%. No sensitivitymore »
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Santa Fe, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871377
- Patent Number(s):
- 5719497
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- lensless; magneto-optic; speed; sensor; construction; viable; faraday; achieved; multimode; fiber; bundles; collect; light; coupled; directly; 100; 200; core; emitting; diode; led; sufficient; operate; addition; leds; ensure; birefringence; effects; input; output; sources; random; polarization; lens; required; diameter; optical; fibers; crystals; materials; verdet; constants; iron; garnets; employed; permit; collection; substantial; quantity; coupler; maximum; amount; reach; detector; 25; measured; throughput; fiber-optic; bundle; 42; elements; planar; particular; orientation; operates; wide; range; distances; magnetic; field; observed; signals; tone; wheel; utilized; independent; modulation; 75; sensitivity; bends; leads; reliable; operation; zero; frequency; rotation; emitting diode; optic bundle; mode fiber; speed sensor; optical fibers; light source; magnetic field; optical fiber; wide range; light sources; light emitting; sensor operates; zero frequency; output optical; coupled directly; fiber bundle; core fiber; diameter optical; multimode fiber; fiber bundles; fiber-optic bundle; maximum amount; field sources; lensless magneto-optic; magneto-optic speed; /324/250/385/
Citation Formats
Veeser, Lynn R, Forman, Peter R, and Rodriguez, Patrick J. Lensless Magneto-optic speed sensor. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Veeser, Lynn R, Forman, Peter R, & Rodriguez, Patrick J. Lensless Magneto-optic speed sensor. United States.
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title = {Lensless Magneto-optic speed sensor},
author = {Veeser, Lynn R and Forman, Peter R and Rodriguez, Patrick J},
abstractNote = {Lensless magneto-optic speed sensor. The construction of a viable Faraday sensor has been achieved. Multimode fiber bundles are used to collect the light. If coupled directly into a 100 or 200 .mu.m core fiber, light from a light emitting diode (LED) is sufficient to operate the sensor. In addition, LEDs ensure that no birefringence effects in the input fiber are possible, as the output from such light sources have random polarization. No lens is required since the large diameter optical fibers and thin crystals of materials having high Verdet constants (such as iron garnets) employed permit the collection of a substantial quantity of light. No coupler is required. The maximum amount of light which could reach a detector using a coupler is 25%, while the measured throughput of the fiber-optic bundle without a coupler is about 42%. All of the elements employed in the present sensor are planar, and no particular orientation of these elements is required. The present sensor operates over a wide range of distances from magnetic field sources, and observed signals are large. When a tone wheel is utilized, the signals are independent of wheel speed, and the modulation is observed to be about 75%. No sensitivity to bends in the input or output optical fiber leads was observed. Reliable operation was achieved down to zero frequency, or no wheel rotation.},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
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