Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is that existing magneto-optical sensor accuracy of measurement is low in order to solve, the stability difference and serviceable life short problem, a kind of metallization packaged magneto-optical sensor has been proposed.
The present invention includes first optical fiber collimator, polarizing prism, right cylinder optical sensing glass, polarization beam splitter prism, second optical fiber collimator, Metal Packaging tube, cushion and two metal frame; The interior end of Metal Packaging tube has first square groove and this first square groove and polarizing prism profile and is complementary; The interior other end of Metal Packaging tube has second square groove and this second square groove and polarization beam splitter prism profile and is complementary; Between interior two square grooves of Metal Packaging tube manhole and this manhole and right cylinder optical sensing glassy phase coupling; Two square grooves, manhole and Metal Packaging tubes have the center line that coincides; Has corner between two square grooves around relative 45 degree of center line; Be provided with cushion between the outside surface of right cylinder optical sensing glass and the inwall of Metal Packaging tube, weld with a metal frame respectively mutually at the two ends of Metal Packaging tube, the outline equal and opposite in direction of the xsect of metal frame and Metal Packaging tube; Metal frame has central through hole, and first optical fiber collimator and second optical fiber collimator are complementary with the central through hole of a metal frame respectively and are welded to each other fixing.
Advantage of the present invention is:
The encapsulation of Metal Packaging tube makes for the right cylinder optical sensing glass of inside among the present invention; The thermal constant of all directions is identical; Simultaneously the each several part of right cylinder optical sensing glass is a symmetrical structure with respect to the axis, when peripheral temperature is consistent, can guarantees that everywhere heat interchange is balanced and makes the stress unanimity of all directions and make stress drop extremely minimum; Thereby, make the accuracy of measurement bring up to 0.2 grade because the inconsistent stress birefrin that causes of stress is reduced to minimumly; The components and parts of propagating among the present invention on the light path adopt the inner structure of Metal Packaging tube to fix; Adhesion without adhesiver connects; Make the light loss of propagating light path reduce; And avoided adopting the bonding deformation that receives Effect of Environmental generations such as temperature that causes of optical cement, made magneto-optical sensor long-time running good stability; Metal Packaging tube, metal frame and optical fiber collimator adopt welding manner to be connected to integral body each other, compare with using the bonding mode of optical cement, because optical cement receives such environmental effects to be prone to come off, prolong the serviceable life of magneto-optical sensor of the present invention.
Embodiment
Embodiment one: this embodiment is described below in conjunction with Fig. 1 and Fig. 6; This embodiment comprises first optical fiber collimator 1, polarizing prism 2, right cylinder optical sensing glass 3, polarization beam splitter prism 4, second optical fiber collimator 5, Metal Packaging tube 6, cushion 7 and two metal frame 8; Metal Packaging tube 6 interior ends have first square groove and are complementary with polarizing prism 2 profiles; The Metal Packaging tube 6 interior other ends have second square groove and are complementary with polarization beam splitter prism 4 profiles; Be complementary for manhole and with right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 between Metal Packaging tube 6 interior two square grooves; Two square grooves, manhole and Metal Packaging tubes 6 have the center line that coincides; Has corner between two square grooves around relative 45 degree of center line; Be provided with cushion 7 between the outside surface of right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 and the inwall of Metal Packaging tube 6, weld with a metal frame 8 respectively mutually at the two ends of Metal Packaging tube 6, the outline equal and opposite in direction of the xsect of metal frame 8 and Metal Packaging tube 6; Metal frame 8 has central through hole, and first optical fiber collimator 1 and second optical fiber collimator 5 are complementary with the central through hole of a metal frame 8 respectively and are welded to each other fixing.
Metal frame 8 is integrally welded with Metal Packaging tube 6, makes magneto-optical sensor realize connecing at the adhesion without adhesiver of propagating on the light path, relies on the pad between the metal to connect reliability, stability and the serviceable life of having improved magneto-optical sensor; The effect of said cushion 7 is when variation of ambient temperature, to different with the expansion coefficient of Metal Packaging tube 6 by right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 and the subtle change size that causes plays the effect of buffering, with the destruction of avoiding expanding with heat and contract with cold and producing; Optical fiber collimator is fixing through the welding of its metal shell and metal frame, and its effect is that the light beam to its transmission collimates, and makes to transmit being coupled in the required device of light maximal efficiency.
Processing to Metal Packaging tube 6: at first on derby, process a manhole, the somewhat larger in diameter of through hole is in the diameter of right cylinder optical sensing glass 3; End at derby is processed first square groove, and the degree of depth of groove matches with the size of polarizing prism 2 with size; Derby is rotated 45 degree around center line, process second square groove at the other end of derby in the same way, match with the size of polarization beam splitter prism 4; Right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 and cushion 7 are put into the manhole part of Metal Packaging tube 6; Again polarizing prism 2 and polarization beam splitter prism 4 are placed two square grooves at Metal Packaging tube 6 inner two ends respectively; And strong bond is in groove; Owing to be processed into relative rotation miter angle between two square grooves in the Metal Packaging tube 6; So also have the corner around relative 45 degree of center line between polarizing prism 2 and the polarization beam splitter prism 4, the detection to linearly polarized light can obtain maximum sensitivity like this.
The course of work: a branch of natural light gets into polarizing prism 2 through first optical fiber collimator 1 and changes a branch of linearly polarized light into; Linearly polarized light through the right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 that places magnetic field after; Deflection has taken place in the linear polarization polarization surface; Produced faraday's rotation angle, the linearly polarized light after deflecting gets into second optical fiber collimator 5 through polarization beam splitter prism 4 again.
Polarizing
prism 2 has the same direction of shaking thoroughly with polarization
beam splitter prism 4; When the two rotates 45 degree relatively around center line; Then its direction of shaking thoroughly to light has produced the angle of 45 degree; When light enters into right cylinder
optical sensing glass 3 through polarizing
prism 2; Under the effect in magnetic field; The direction of vibration of light deflects around center line; The angle of the direction of vibration of the light after deflecting and the direction of shaking thoroughly of polarizing
prism 2 is the detection of faraday's rotation angle
to the linearly polarized light of right cylinder
optical sensing glass 3 outputs; Can only reflect faraday's rotation angle
according to Malus law through light intensity, linearly polarized light is through behind the polarization
beam splitter prism 4, and its transmitted light intensity satisfies:
J
o=J
i?cos
2α,
Wherein, J
iBe the light intensity of incoming line polarized light, α is around the relative corner of center line, J between polarizing prism 2 and the polarization beam splitter prism 4
oBe the light intensity through polarization beam splitter prism 4, then the output intensity through right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 and polarization beam splitter prism 4 is:
Output intensity to the detection sensitivity of faraday's rotation angle is thus:
Usually faraday's rotation angle is smaller, for obtaining maximum sensitivity, makes α=± 45 °, then:
It is thus clear that, to the detection of linearly polarized light adopt one with polarizing prism 2 around the axis polarization beam splitter prism 4 of rotation 45 degree relatively, with obtaining maximum sensitivity.
Shown in Figure 6; Lines A represents optical axis; Arrow is represented magnetic direction shown in the B, and
is faraday's rotation angle.
Embodiment two: this embodiment is that with the difference of embodiment one it also comprises the 3rd optical fiber collimator 10; The sidewall of said Metal Packaging tube 6 radially has pilot hole 9; Pilot hole 9 communicates perpendicular to side of second square groove and with second square groove, and pilot hole 9 and the 3rd optical fiber collimator 10 are complementary and are welded to each other fixing.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment one.
Utilize laser-beam welding machine that the metal shell of first optical fiber collimator 1 and second optical fiber collimator 5 is weldingly fixed on respectively in the central through hole of a metal frame 8, the metal shell of the 3rd optical fiber collimator 10 is weldingly fixed in the pilot hole 9; Again two metal frame 8 are installed in respectively on two optics micropositioning stages; Metal Packaging tube 6 places on the optics objective table and fixes; Regulating the optics micropositioning stage makes the light path system of whole magneto-optical sensor be in the optimal working state; And be fixed up, two metal frame 8 and Metal Packaging tube 6 is integrally welded.
The 3rd optical fiber collimator 10 is set, gets into second optical fiber collimator 5 and the 3rd optical fiber collimator 10 again after making linearly polarized light after deflecting through polarization beam splitter prism 4, can measure the dc information in the electric current in generation magnetic field.
Because polarization beam splitter prism 4 is respectively around the corner orientation of axis with polarizing prism 2 mutually+45 ° with-45 °, i.e. the output intensity J of two of polarization beam splitter prism 4 outbound courses
O1And J
O2Expression formula is expressed as respectively:
In magnetic field, contain D.C. magnetic field information; Also contain the D.C. magnetic field component in corresponding faraday's rotation angle
; Get the output intensity of two outbound courses of polarization
beam splitter prism 4, can accurately calculate the faraday's rotation angle
that contains DC component through following formula
is generally very little for faraday's rotation angle, so have:
Embodiment three: this embodiment and embodiment one or two difference are that the material of said Metal Packaging tube 6 is a purity greater than 99% aluminium.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment one or two.
Embodiment four: this embodiment is that with embodiment one or two difference the material of said Metal Packaging tube 6 is a stainless steel.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment one or two.
Embodiment five: below in conjunction with Fig. 2~Fig. 5 this embodiment is described, this embodiment is that with embodiment one or two difference the said Metal Packaging tube 6 and the outline of the xsect of metal frame 8 are circle or square simultaneously.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment one or two.
The hollow cylinder of Metal Packaging tube 6 employing axis symmetry or the hollow rectangular structure of axis near symmetrical; Its purpose is the right cylinder optical sensing glass 3 of inside is produced the thermal source of symmetry; Metal Packaging tube 6 is owing to be the good conductor of heat simultaneously; Even external temperature is variant, the each several part temperature of Metal Packaging tube 6 still can be consistent very soon.
Embodiment six: below in conjunction with Fig. 2~Fig. 5 this embodiment is described, this embodiment is that with the difference of embodiment three the said Metal Packaging tube 6 and the outline of the xsect of metal frame 8 are circle or square simultaneously.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment three.
Embodiment seven: below in conjunction with Fig. 2~Fig. 5 this embodiment is described, this embodiment is that with the difference of embodiment four the said Metal Packaging tube 6 and the outline of the xsect of metal frame 8 are circle or square simultaneously.Other composition and annexation are identical with embodiment four.
The present invention can be applied in the magneto-optical sensor based on Faraday magnetooptical effect, also can be used for the optical passive component of other block structure.