EP2035845A1 - Electrooptic probe for measuring temperature and electromagnetic field - Google Patents

Electrooptic probe for measuring temperature and electromagnetic field

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EP2035845A1
EP2035845A1 EP07789009A EP07789009A EP2035845A1 EP 2035845 A1 EP2035845 A1 EP 2035845A1 EP 07789009 A EP07789009 A EP 07789009A EP 07789009 A EP07789009 A EP 07789009A EP 2035845 A1 EP2035845 A1 EP 2035845A1
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polarization
phase shift
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Lionel Duvillaret
Gwenaël GABORIT
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Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble
Universite Savoie Mont Blanc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R29/00—Arrangements for measuring or indicating electric quantities not covered by groups G01R19/00 - G01R27/00
    • G01R29/08—Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics
    • G01R29/0864—Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics characterised by constructional or functional features
    • G01R29/0878—Sensors; antennas; probes; detectors
    • G01R29/0885—Sensors; antennas; probes; detectors using optical probes, e.g. electro-optical, luminescent, glow discharge, or optical interferometers
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  • the invention relates to measuring electromagnetic fields in small areas analytical dimen ⁇ sions.
  • electromagnetic field or simply "field”
  • an electromagnetic field itself, or a pure magnetic field, or a pure electric field.
  • optical detection systems have been provided in which the field reacts on a light beam passing through an electro-optical crystal. In an electro-optical crystal, the field acts essentially on the polarization of a light beam.
  • optical waves with rectilinear polarization, circular polarization and elliptical polarization In order not to burden this description, we will speak, as is often done in practice, rectilinear waves, circular or elliptical, and it will be understood that each time is optical waves whose polarization is respectively rectilinear, circular or ellip ⁇ tick.
  • An example of a conventional device for optically measuring an electromagnetic field is illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the detec tor ⁇ consists of a crystal electro-optical disc 1, one end 2 comprises a reflecting surface and whose other end is coupled by a coupler 3 at one end of an optical fiber polarization maintaining light 5.
  • pola ⁇ derision is sent by a polarized light source, coherent or not, including for example a light emitting diode 7 and a polarizer 8, with the other end of the optical fiber 5 via a coupler 9.
  • the light returned by the mirror 2 and having thus crossed twice the crystal 1 and twice the fiber 5 is taken up by a separator 11 and sent in a set polarization analysis system comprising, for example, a quarter-wave plate (or ⁇ / 4 plate) 13, a half-wave plate (or ⁇ / 2 plate) 14 and a polarizer 15, each of these elements being individually adjustable in rotation, either manually or under the effect of a control device 17.
  • polarizer an element capable of fixing the polarization of the light that passes through in the direction of a device using this light, and called “analyzer” the same device when it is placed on the side of the detector of a system, and is used to analyze the polarization of the light it receives.
  • the term “polarizer” will always be used, whether it is placed in a position where it fixes the polarization or in a position where it analyzes the polarization of the light that it receives, since it This is the same hardware device.
  • the analyzer term will be reserved to a set of ana ⁇ lysis of the polarization state of a light wave, comprising the blade assembly ⁇ / 4 13, the ⁇ / 2 blade 14 and the polarizer 15.
  • a photodetector 19 which supplies on a terminal 20 a signal proportional to the intensity of the wave incident on the polarizer 15 in the polarization direction of this polarizer.
  • the optical fiber 5 will transmit to the crystal 1 a linearly polarized wave in the direction of an axis of the polarization-maintaining fiber (If the polarizer 8 is aligned along one of the two axes of the fiber 5). This state of polarization will be modified by the anisotropic crystal which will return in the fiber an elliptical wave.
  • the analyzer 13-15 is set in the absence of a field to set a reference point.
  • This modification is characteristic of the field applied at the sensor and can be detected by the analyzer 13-15. It will be recalled that this type of device only measures a component of the field parallel to a characteristic sensitivity vector of the electro-optical crystal used.
  • the axes of the electro-optical crystal 2 form an angle of 45 ° with the axes of the polarization maintaining fiber.
  • a device of the type described above gives, a priori, good results, in particular because it allows elements requiring the presence of electric currents, comprising the light source 7, the photodetector 19 and the unrepresented circuits of analysis. its output signal 20 are remote from the area where the field is measured. Thus, these elements are not disturbed by the field to be measured, nor do they disturb this field.
  • the adjustment of the device, and in particular the adjustment of the point of reference above drifts considerably over time, especially when the optical fiber is long. It has been noted that this particular maladjustment is related to fluctuations in tempera ⁇ ture. Thus, the same field may be measured as having different values if the temperature has varied without being noticed. It is therefore very often necessary to readjust the setting of the reference point of the analyzer 13-15 if a reliable measurement is to be obtained, and this adjustment, which is empirical, is relatively long and difficult. Summary of the invention
  • the present invention aims to overcome at least some of the disadvantages of optical field measuring devices.
  • the present invention also aims to provide a particularly simple analysis system to use.
  • the present invention also aims to provide not only the value of the field strength at the area of analysis but also the temperature at this area of analysis.
  • the present invention provides a device for measuring an electromagnetic field and temperature in an analysis zone, comprising a light source sending in a fiber optic maintaining polarization a light beam polarized along an axis of the fiber; an anisotropic electro-optical material disposed in said area, receiving the beam of the optical fiber and returning a beam in this fiber; phase shifting means of the reflected beam in the fiber TRANSFORMATION ⁇ mant the rectilinear wave incident elliptical wave; means for analyzing the intensity of said rectilinear wave; a ⁇ / 4 plate inserted between the optical fiber and the crystal, having its axes oriented at 45 degrees from the axes of the optical fiber, and means for determining variations in the orientation of said rectilinear wave at the output of the phase shift means.
  • the optical phase shift means comprise a Sun-Babinet compensator.
  • a method of adjusting the device comprises the following steps: adjusting the orientation of said phase shift means to obtain a rectilinear wave output; detecting the orientation of said rectilinear wave; and retouching the adjustment of the phase shift means if the signal is derailed as a result of a temperature variation of the fiber.
  • FIG. device for measuring an electromagnetic field by an electro-optical effect crystal according to the prior art and Figure 2 schematically shows an embodiment of a device for measuring a field Electromagnetic ⁇ tick by an electrooptic effect crystal according to the present invention.
  • the present invention uses a hardware device similar to that shown in Figure 1 and the same elements are desig ⁇ nated by the same reference numerals and will not be described again.
  • the present invention differs from the prior art essentially by the mode of use of the hardware components of the device. It provides in particular a device 23 for adjusting the phase-shifter elements 13-14 which is clearly distinct from a device 25 for adjusting the polarizer, the latter device further comprising means for measuring the position of the polarizer, which is symbolized by the double arrow between the block 25 and the polarizer 15.
  • the present invention provides to place between the crystal and the fiber a ⁇ / 4 plate 22 oriented at 45 ° of the axes of the fiber.
  • the polarization sent into the crystal will be a circular polarization and the axes of the crystal may be set at any angle with respect to the axes of the fiber and the quarter-wave plate. Note that it is often easier to adjust the orientation of a quarter wave plate with respect to a fiber than the orientation of a crystal with respect to this fiber, the crystal is always difficult to handle.
  • ⁇ phase shift introduced by the polarization maintaining fiber 5 between the polarizations aligned along its own axes DIELEC ⁇ tric (this phase shift varies with the temperature of the fiber)
  • the inventors have in particular calculated relations between the angles defined above for the case where the polarizations of the device are imposed on the following states: polarizer 8 oriented along an axis of the polarization-maintaining fiber 5,
  • phase shifter 13, 14 set so that it produces a rectilinear wave
  • polarizer 15 set (preferably) so that it outputs a signal having 50% of the intensity it would have in the absence of this polarizer.
  • the adjustment of the phase-shifting system depends only on ⁇ , that is to say on the parameters of the fiber, whereas the orientation of the polarizer depends only on ⁇ g, that is to say on the parameters of the crystal. .
  • the output signal of the photo detector ⁇ will be equal to (l + sin ⁇ g) / 2 in the case where the polarizer 15 has been set so that the output light intensity is half of what it would be in the absence of this polarizer.
  • the polarizer orientation variations are only a function of the temperature variations of the crystal.
  • the variations of the output signal of the photodetector are only a function of the measured field.
  • any known device can be used to achieve this. result, for example a Sun Compensator-Babinet.
  • This compensator can be automatically controlled by a signal from the photodetector 19 via a control device 23. This control can be achieved in various ways, for example by providing an initial phase of rotation of the polarizer and / or by providing a polarization separation system.
  • the polarizer can be set in some cases in a rotating polar state to detect whether the incident wave on the polarizer is linearly polarized.
  • synchronous detection of the output signal 20 of the photodetector 19 will preferably be performed to obtain an indication of the value of the field along the sensitivity axis of the detector.
  • the electro-optical crystal is an anisotropic crystal, ⁇ sensi ble to the Pockels effect, for example, lithium tantalate.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for measuring an electromagnetic field and the temperature in an analysis zone, said device comprising: a light source (7) sending a light beam into a polarization-maintaining optical fibre (5), said beam being directed along one axis of the fibre; an anisotropic electrooptic material (1), placed in said zone, receiving the beam from the optical fibre and sending a beam into this fibre; means (13-14) for phase-shifting the beam sent back into the fibre converting the incident elliptical wave into a linear wave; means (19) for analyzing the intensity of said linear wave; a l/4 plate inserted between the optical fibre and the crystal, having its axes oriented at 45 degrees to the axes of the optical fibre; and means (15, 25) for determining the variations in the orientation of said linear wave output by the phase-shifting means.

Description

SONDE ELECTRO-OPTIQUE DE MESURE DE TEMPERATURE ET DE CHAMP ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROBE FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE AND FIELD
ELECTROMAGNETIQUEELECTROMAGNETIC
Domaine de l' inventionField of the invention
La présente invention concerne la mesure de champs électromagnétiques dans des zones d'analyse de petites dimen¬ sions. Dans la présente demande, on désigne par "champ électromagnétique", ou tout simplement par "champ", un champ électromagnétique proprement dit, ou bien un champ magnétique pur, ou bien un champ électrique pur. Exposé de l'art antérieur L'une des difficultés quand on veut mesurer un champ électromagnétique est que ce champ est susceptible de réagir directement sur les circuits des instruments de mesure utilisés pour le mesurer ou d'être influencé par ceux-ci. Pour éviter cet inconvénient, on a prévu des systèmes de détection optiques dans lesquels le champ réagit sur un faisceau lumineux traversant un cristal électro-optique. Dans un cristal électro-optique, le champ agit essentiellement sur la polarisation d'un faisceau lumineux. On sera amené ici à mentionner des ondes optiques à polarisation rectiligne, à polarisation circulaire et à polari- sation elliptique. Pour ne pas alourdir la présente description, on parlera, comme cela est souvent effectué dans la pratique, d'ondes rectilignes, circulaires ou elliptiques, et on comprendra qu'il s'agit chaque fois d'ondes optiques dont la polarisation est respectivement rectiligne, circulaire ou ellip¬ tique. Un exemple de dispositif classique de mesure optique d'un champ électromagnétique est illustré en figure 1. Le détec¬ teur est constitué d'un cristal électro-optique 1 dont une extrémité 2 comporte une surface réflectrice et dont l ' autre extrémité est couplée par un coupleur 3 à une extrémité d'une fibre optique à maintien de polarisation 5. De la lumière pola¬ risée est envoyée par une source lumineuse polarisée, cohérente ou non, comprenant par exemple une diode photoémettrice 7 et un polariseur 8, à l'autre extrémité de la fibre optique 5 par l'intermédiaire d'un coupleur 9. La lumière renvoyée par le miroir 2 et ayant donc traversé deux fois le cristal 1 et deux fois la fibre 5 est reprise par une séparatrice 11 et envoyée dans un ensemble d'analyse de polarisation comprenant par exemple une lame quart d'onde (ou lame λ/4) 13, une lame demi onde (ou lame λ/2) 14 et un polariseur 15, chacun de ces éléments étant individuellement réglable en rotation, soit manuellement soit sous l'effet d'un dispositif de commande 17. On notera que, habituellement, dans le domaine de l'optique anisotrope, on appelle "polariseur" un élément susceptible de fixer la polarisation de la lumière qui le traverse en direction d'un dispositif utilisant cette lumière, et on appelle "analyseur" ce même dispositif quand il est placé du côté du détecteur d'un système, et sert à l'analyse de la polarisation de la lumière qu'il reçoit. Dans la présente description, on utilisera toujours le terme "polariseur", que celui-ci soit placé dans une position où il fixe la polarisation ou dans une position où il analyse la polarisation de la lumière qu'il reçoit, étant donné qu'il s'agit bien du même dispositif matériel. On réservera le terme analyseur à un ensemble d'ana¬ lyse de l'état de polarisation d'une onde lumineuse, comprenant l'ensemble de la lame λ/4 13, de la lame λ/2 14 et du polariseur 15.The invention relates to measuring electromagnetic fields in small areas analytical dimen ¬ sions. In the present application, the term "electromagnetic field" or simply "field", an electromagnetic field itself, or a pure magnetic field, or a pure electric field. DISCUSSION OF THE PRIOR ART One of the difficulties when measuring an electromagnetic field is that this field is likely to react directly on the circuits of the measuring instruments used to measure or be influenced by them. To avoid this drawback, optical detection systems have been provided in which the field reacts on a light beam passing through an electro-optical crystal. In an electro-optical crystal, the field acts essentially on the polarization of a light beam. We shall mention here optical waves with rectilinear polarization, circular polarization and elliptical polarization. In order not to burden this description, we will speak, as is often done in practice, rectilinear waves, circular or elliptical, and it will be understood that each time is optical waves whose polarization is respectively rectilinear, circular or ellip ¬ tick. An example of a conventional device for optically measuring an electromagnetic field is illustrated in Figure 1. The detec tor ¬ consists of a crystal electro-optical disc 1, one end 2 comprises a reflecting surface and whose other end is coupled by a coupler 3 at one end of an optical fiber polarization maintaining light 5. pola ¬ derision is sent by a polarized light source, coherent or not, including for example a light emitting diode 7 and a polarizer 8, with the other end of the optical fiber 5 via a coupler 9. The light returned by the mirror 2 and having thus crossed twice the crystal 1 and twice the fiber 5 is taken up by a separator 11 and sent in a set polarization analysis system comprising, for example, a quarter-wave plate (or λ / 4 plate) 13, a half-wave plate (or λ / 2 plate) 14 and a polarizer 15, each of these elements being individually adjustable in rotation, either manually or under the effect of a control device 17. Note that, usually in the field of anisotropic optics, is called "polarizer" an element capable of fixing the polarization of the light that passes through in the direction of a device using this light, and called "analyzer" the same device when it is placed on the side of the detector of a system, and is used to analyze the polarization of the light it receives. In the present description, the term "polarizer" will always be used, whether it is placed in a position where it fixes the polarization or in a position where it analyzes the polarization of the light that it receives, since it This is the same hardware device. The analyzer term will be reserved to a set of ana ¬ lysis of the polarization state of a light wave, comprising the blade assembly λ / 4 13, the λ / 2 blade 14 and the polarizer 15.
A la sortie du polariseur 15 est disposé un photodétecteur 19 qui fournit sur une borne 20 un signal propor- tionnel à l'intensité de l'onde incidente sur le polariseur 15 dans la direction de polarisation de ce polariseur. L'homme de l'art comprendra que, en l'absence de champ au niveau du capteur 1, la fibre optique 5 transmettra vers le cristal 1 une onde à polarisation rectiligne selon la direction d'un axe de la fibre à maintien de polarisation (si le polariseur 8 est aligné selon l'un des deux axes de la fibre 5) . Cet état de polarisation sera modifié par le cristal anisotrope qui renverra dans la fibre une onde elliptique. L'analyseur 13-15 est réglé en l'absence de champ pour fixer un point de référence. Ensuite, quand un champ est appliqué sur le cristal 1, ceci modifie les indices du cristal et la polarisation de l'onde reçue au niveau de l'analyseur 13-15 se modifie. Cette modification est caractéristique du champ appliqué au niveau du capteur et pourra être détectée par l'analyseur 13-15. On rappellera que l'on ne mesure en fait par ce type de dispositif qu'une composante du champ, parallèle à un vecteur sensibilité caractéristique du cristal électro-optique utilisé.At the output of the polarizer 15 is a photodetector 19 which supplies on a terminal 20 a signal proportional to the intensity of the wave incident on the polarizer 15 in the polarization direction of this polarizer. Those skilled in the art will understand that, in the absence of a field at the sensor 1, the optical fiber 5 will transmit to the crystal 1 a linearly polarized wave in the direction of an axis of the polarization-maintaining fiber (If the polarizer 8 is aligned along one of the two axes of the fiber 5). This state of polarization will be modified by the anisotropic crystal which will return in the fiber an elliptical wave. The analyzer 13-15 is set in the absence of a field to set a reference point. Then, when a field is applied to the crystal 1, this modifies the crystal indices and the polarization of the wave received at the analyzer 13-15 changes. This modification is characteristic of the field applied at the sensor and can be detected by the analyzer 13-15. It will be recalled that this type of device only measures a component of the field parallel to a characteristic sensitivity vector of the electro-optical crystal used.
Divers moyens ont été proposés pour optimiser la mesure. Par exemple, on préférera que les axes du cristal électro-optique 2 forment un angle de 45° avec les axes de la fibre à maintien de polarisation.Various means have been proposed to optimize the measurement. For example, it will be preferred that the axes of the electro-optical crystal 2 form an angle of 45 ° with the axes of the polarization maintaining fiber.
Un dispositif du type décrit ci-dessus donne a priori de bons résultats, notamment du fait qu'il permet que les éléments nécessitant la présence de courants électriques, comprenant la source lumineuse 7, le photodétecteur 19 et les circuits non représentés d'analyse de son signal de sortie 20 soient à distance de la zone où l'on mesure le champ. Ainsi, ces éléments ne sont pas perturbés par le champ à mesurer, pas plus qu'ils ne perturbent ce champ. Toutefois, on s'aperçoit que le réglage du dispositif, et notamment le réglage du point de référence susmentionné, dérive considérablement au cours du temps, surtout quand la fibre optique est longue. On a pu noter que ce déréglage est notamment lié aux fluctuations de tempéra¬ ture. Ainsi, un même champ risque d'être mesuré comme ayant des valeurs différentes si la température a varié sans que l'on s'en aperçoive. Il faut donc effectuer très souvent un réajustement du réglage du point de référence de l'analyseur 13-15 si l'on veut obtenir une mesure fiable, et ce réglage, empirique, est relativement long et difficile. Résumé de l'inventionA device of the type described above gives, a priori, good results, in particular because it allows elements requiring the presence of electric currents, comprising the light source 7, the photodetector 19 and the unrepresented circuits of analysis. its output signal 20 are remote from the area where the field is measured. Thus, these elements are not disturbed by the field to be measured, nor do they disturb this field. However, it can be seen that the adjustment of the device, and in particular the adjustment of the point of reference above, drifts considerably over time, especially when the optical fiber is long. It has been noted that this particular maladjustment is related to fluctuations in tempera ¬ ture. Thus, the same field may be measured as having different values if the temperature has varied without being noticed. It is therefore very often necessary to readjust the setting of the reference point of the analyzer 13-15 if a reliable measurement is to be obtained, and this adjustment, which is empirical, is relatively long and difficult. Summary of the invention
La présente invention vise à pallier au moins certains des inconvénients des dispositifs optiques de mesure de champ.The present invention aims to overcome at least some of the disadvantages of optical field measuring devices.
La présente invention vise en outre à prévoir un système d'analyse particulièrement simple à utiliser. La présente invention vise également à fournir non seulement la valeur de l ' intensité du champ au niveau de la zone d'analyse mais en outre la température au niveau de cette zone d' analyse.The present invention also aims to provide a particularly simple analysis system to use. The present invention also aims to provide not only the value of the field strength at the area of analysis but also the temperature at this area of analysis.
Pour atteindre tout ou partie de ces objets ainsi que d'autres, la présente invention prévoit un dispositif de mesure d'un champ électromagnétique et de la température dans une zone d'analyse, comprenant une source lumineuse envoyant dans une fibre optique à maintien de polarisation un faisceau lumineux polarisé selon un axe de la fibre ; un matériau électro-optique anisotrope disposé dans ladite zone, recevant le faisceau de la fibre optique et renvoyant un faisceau dans cette fibre ; des moyens de déphasage du faisceau renvoyé dans la fibre transfor¬ mant l'onde elliptique incidente en onde rectiligne ; des moyens d'analyse de l'intensité de ladite onde rectiligne ; une lame λ/4 insérée entre la fibre optique et le cristal, ayant ses axes orientés à 45 degrés des axes de la fibre optique, et des moyens de détermination des variations de l'orientation de ladite onde rectiligne en sortie des moyens de déphasage. Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, les moyens de déphasage optique comprennent un compensateur de Soleil-Babinet .To achieve all or part of these objects as well as others, the present invention provides a device for measuring an electromagnetic field and temperature in an analysis zone, comprising a light source sending in a fiber optic maintaining polarization a light beam polarized along an axis of the fiber; an anisotropic electro-optical material disposed in said area, receiving the beam of the optical fiber and returning a beam in this fiber; phase shifting means of the reflected beam in the fiber TRANSFORMATION ¬ mant the rectilinear wave incident elliptical wave; means for analyzing the intensity of said rectilinear wave; a λ / 4 plate inserted between the optical fiber and the crystal, having its axes oriented at 45 degrees from the axes of the optical fiber, and means for determining variations in the orientation of said rectilinear wave at the output of the phase shift means. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the optical phase shift means comprise a Sun-Babinet compensator.
Un procédé de réglage du dispositif comprend les étapes suivantes : régler l ' orientation desdits moyens de déphasage pour obtenir une onde rectiligne en sortie ; détecter l'orientation de ladite onde rectiligne ; et retoucher le réglage des moyens de déphasage si le signal se dérègle par suite d'une variation de température de la fibre. Brève description des dessinsA method of adjusting the device comprises the following steps: adjusting the orientation of said phase shift means to obtain a rectilinear wave output; detecting the orientation of said rectilinear wave; and retouching the adjustment of the phase shift means if the signal is derailed as a result of a temperature variation of the fiber. Brief description of the drawings
Ces objets, caractéristiques et avantages, ainsi que d'autres de la présente invention seront exposés en détail dans la description suivante de modes de réalisation particuliers faite à titre non-limitatif en relation avec les figures jointes parmi lesquelles : la figure 1 représente schématiquement un dispositif de mesure d'un champ électromagnétique par un cristal à effet électro-optique selon l'art antérieur ; et la figure 2 représente schématiquement un mode de réalisation d'un dispositif de mesure d'un champ électromagné¬ tique par un cristal à effet électro-optique selon la présente invention. Description détailléeThese and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in detail in the following description of particular embodiments, given in a non-limiting manner, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. device for measuring an electromagnetic field by an electro-optical effect crystal according to the prior art; and Figure 2 schematically shows an embodiment of a device for measuring a field Electromagnetic ¬ tick by an electrooptic effect crystal according to the present invention. detailed description
La présente invention, dont un mode de réalisation est illustré en figure 2, utilise un dispositif matériel proche de celui représenté en figure 1 et de mêmes éléments en sont dési¬ gnés par de mêmes références et ne seront pas décrits à nouveau. La présente invention diffère de l'art antérieur essentiellement par le mode d'utilisation des composants matériels du dispositif. Elle prévoit notamment un dispositif 23 de réglage des éléments déphaseurs 13-14 nettement distinct d'un dispositif 25 de réglage du polariseur, ce dernier dispositif comprenant en outre un moyen de mesure de la position du polariseur, ce qui est symbolisé par la double flèche entre le bloc 25 et le pola- riseur 15. En outre, la présente invention prévoit de placer entre le cristal et la fibre une lame λ/4 22 orientée à 45° des axes de la fibre. Alors, la polarisation envoyée dans le cristal sera une polarisation circulaire et les axes du cristal peuvent être mis à un angle quelconque par rapport aux axes de la fibre et de la lame quart d'onde. On notera qu'il est souvent plus facile de régler l'orientation d'une lame quart d'onde par rapport à une fibre que l'orientation d'un cristal par rapport à cette fibre, le cristal étant toujours délicat à manipuler.The present invention, an embodiment is illustrated in Figure 2, uses a hardware device similar to that shown in Figure 1 and the same elements are desig ¬ nated by the same reference numerals and will not be described again. The present invention differs from the prior art essentially by the mode of use of the hardware components of the device. It provides in particular a device 23 for adjusting the phase-shifter elements 13-14 which is clearly distinct from a device 25 for adjusting the polarizer, the latter device further comprising means for measuring the position of the polarizer, which is symbolized by the double arrow between the block 25 and the polarizer 15. In addition, the present invention provides to place between the crystal and the fiber a λ / 4 plate 22 oriented at 45 ° of the axes of the fiber. Then, the polarization sent into the crystal will be a circular polarization and the axes of the crystal may be set at any angle with respect to the axes of the fiber and the quarter-wave plate. Note that it is often easier to adjust the orientation of a quarter wave plate with respect to a fiber than the orientation of a crystal with respect to this fiber, the crystal is always difficult to handle.
Dans ce qui suit, on utilise les notations suivantes : θ : déphasage introduit par la fibre à maintien de polarisation 5 entre les polarisations alignées selon ses axes diélec¬ triques propres (ce déphasage varie avec la température de la fibre) ,In what follows, the following notations are used: θ: phase shift introduced by the polarization maintaining fiber 5 between the polarizations aligned along its own axes DIELEC ¬ tric (this phase shift varies with the temperature of the fiber)
Δφ : déphasage introduit entre les polarisations orientées selon les axes diélectriques du cristal par un aller et retour dans le matériau du cristal électro-optique, avec Δφ=φo+φE,Δφ: phase shift introduced between the polarizations oriented along the dielectric axes of the crystal by a round trip in the material of the electro-optical crystal, with Δφ = φo + φE,
(Pθ étant le déphasage lié à 1 ' anisotropie du cristal et φ^ le déphasage lié à la présence d'un champ, et en notant en outre que φ^ est toujours petit devant 2π, CC : angle fixe, quelconque, entre les axes du cristal et les axes de la fibre à maintien de polarisation 5, γ : déphasage introduit par le déphaseur correspondant à l'ensemble des lames λ/4 13 et λ/2 14, et ψ : orientation du polariseur 15.(Pθ being the phase shift related to the anisotropy of the crystal and φ ^ the phase shift related to the presence of a field, and noting further that φ ^ is always small in front of 2π, CC: any fixed angle between the axes of the crystal and the axes of the polarization maintaining fiber 5, γ: phase shift introduced by the phase shifter corresponding to the set of blades λ / 4 13 and λ / 2 14, and ψ: orientation of the polarizer 15.
Les inventeurs ont notamment calculé des relations entre les angles définis ci-dessus pour le cas où on impose aux polarisations du dispositif les états suivants : - polariseur 8 orienté selon un axe de la fibre à maintien de polarisation 5,The inventors have in particular calculated relations between the angles defined above for the case where the polarizations of the device are imposed on the following states: polarizer 8 oriented along an axis of the polarization-maintaining fiber 5,
- déphaseur 13, 14 réglé pour qu'il en sorte une onde recti- ligne ; - polariseur 15 réglé (de préférence) pour qu'il en sorte un signal ayant 50 % de l'intensité qu'il aurait en l'absence de ce polariseur.- phase shifter 13, 14 set so that it produces a rectilinear wave; polarizer 15 set (preferably) so that it outputs a signal having 50% of the intensity it would have in the absence of this polarizer.
Alors, les inventeurs ont montré que : γ = π/2 - (2α + θ) , et que, en l'absence de champ : ψ = π/4 + (po/2.Then, the inventors have shown that: γ = π / 2 - (2α + θ), and that, in the absence of a field: ψ = π / 4 + (po / 2.
Ainsi, le réglage du système déphaseur ne dépend que de θ, c'est-à-dire des paramètres de la fibre, tandis que l'orientation du polariseur ne dépend que de φg, c'est-à-dire des paramètres du cristal.Thus, the adjustment of the phase-shifting system depends only on θ, that is to say on the parameters of the fiber, whereas the orientation of the polarizer depends only on φg, that is to say on the parameters of the crystal. .
En d'autres termes, si le champ sur le détecteur est constant (éventuellement nul) et que la température de la fibre varie, on retrouvera la même orientation de polarisation recti- ligne en ajustant le réglage du déphaseur 13-14.In other words, if the field on the detector is constant (possibly zero) and the temperature of the fiber varies, one will find the same orientation of polarization rectilinear by adjusting the setting of the phase shifter 13-14.
Par contre, si la température du cristal varie, on retrouvera en ajustant le réglage du déphaseur une polarisation rectiligne d'orientation distincte de la polarisation précédente et la variation de l'angle du polariseur 15 indiquera la variation de température.On the other hand, if the temperature of the crystal varies, it will be found by adjusting the adjustment of the phase shifter a rectilinear polarization of orientation distinct from the previous polarization and the variation of the angle of the polarizer 15 will indicate the variation of temperature.
Avec ces réglages, le signal en sortie du photo¬ détecteur sera égal à (l+sinφg)/2 dans le cas où on aura réglé le polariseur 15 pour que l'intensité lumineuse de sortie soit la moitié de ce qu'elle serait en l'absence de ce polariseur. En résumé, dans les conditions ci-dessus :With these adjustments, the output signal of the photo detector ¬ will be equal to (l + sinφg) / 2 in the case where the polarizer 15 has been set so that the output light intensity is half of what it would be in the absence of this polarizer. In summary, under the conditions above:
- la variation angulaire (mesurée ou non) du déphaseur, à pola¬ risation de sortie constante, n'est caractéristique que des variations de température de la fibre,- the angular variation (measured or not) of the phase shifter, to pola ¬ authorization constant output is characteristic only of changes in the fiber temperature,
- les variations d'orientation du polariseur ne sont fonction que des variations de température du cristal, etthe polarizer orientation variations are only a function of the temperature variations of the crystal, and
- les variations du signal de sortie du photodétecteur ne sont fonction que du champ mesuré.the variations of the output signal of the photodetector are only a function of the measured field.
On obtient ainsi un dispositif précis de mesure du champ et de la température en un point de l'espace. On notera que la mesure des variations de température associées à des variations de champ peut être particulièrement intéressante dans des applications où l'on cherche à déterminer l'influence d'un champ sur un organisme vivant. Par ailleurs, la présente invention est susceptible de nombreuses particularités ou variantes, parmi lesquelles on peut mentionner, sans caractère limitatif, les suivantes.This gives a precise device for measuring the field and the temperature at a point in space. It will be noted that the measurement of temperature variations associated with field variations may be particularly advantageous in applications where it is desired to determine the influence of a field on a living organism. Furthermore, the present invention is capable of many features or variants, among which may be mentioned, without limitation, the following.
1. De façon connue, pour transformer une onde elliptique en onde rectiligne, au lieu d'utiliser pour analyser l'onde reçue une lame λ/4 et une lame λ/2, on pourra utiliser tout dispositif connu pour permettre d'atteindre ce résultat, par exemple un compensateur de Soleil-Babinet . Ce compensateur pourra être asservi automatiquement par un signal issu du photodétecteur 19 par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif de contrôle 23. Cet asservissement pourra être réalisé de diverses façons, par exemple en prévoyant une phase initiale de mise en rotation du polariseur et/ou en prévoyant un système à séparation de polarisations.1. In known manner, to transform an elliptical wave into a rectilinear wave, instead of using a λ / 4 plate and a λ / 2 plate to analyze the received wave, any known device can be used to achieve this. result, for example a Sun Compensator-Babinet. This compensator can be automatically controlled by a signal from the photodetector 19 via a control device 23. This control can be achieved in various ways, for example by providing an initial phase of rotation of the polarizer and / or by providing a polarization separation system.
2. On pourra prévoir un moyen automatique 25 pour commander le réglage de l'angle du polariseur 15 et relever son orienta¬ tion, divers dispositifs pour obtenir ce résultat étant connus dans la technique.2. automatic means Provision may be 25 for controlling the adjustment of the angle of the polarizer 15 and raise its orienta ¬, various devices for obtaining this result are known in the art.
3. Pour effectuer les réglages, on pourra prévoir que le polariseur peut être mis dans certains cas dans un état de polari- seur tournant pour bien détecter si l'onde incidente sur le polariseur 15 est à polarisation rectiligne.3. In order to make the adjustments, it can be provided that the polarizer can be set in some cases in a rotating polar state to detect whether the incident wave on the polarizer is linearly polarized.
4. Si le champ appliqué au capteur 1 est un champ alternatif de fréquence donnée, on réalisera de préférence une détection synchrone du signal de sortie 20 du photodétecteur 19 pour recueillir une indication de la valeur du champ selon l'axe de sensibilité du détecteur.4. If the field applied to the sensor 1 is an alternating field of given frequency, synchronous detection of the output signal 20 of the photodetector 19 will preferably be performed to obtain an indication of the value of the field along the sensitivity axis of the detector.
5. Le cristal électro-optique est un cristal anisotrope, sensi¬ ble à l'effet Pockels, par exemple du tantalate de lithium.5. The electro-optical crystal is an anisotropic crystal, ¬ sensi ble to the Pockels effect, for example, lithium tantalate.
6. Pour augmenter la sensibilité, on pourra associer au cristal capteur des éléments formant antenne. 7. Diverses dispositions pourront être adoptées pour analyser le caractère rectiligne de l'onde sortant du déphaseur 13-14, par exemple des systèmes utilisant des séparateurs de polarisation.6. To increase the sensitivity, it will be possible to associate antenna elements with the sensor crystal. 7. Various provisions may be adopted to analyze the straightness of the wave coming out of the phase shifter 13-14, for example systems using polarization separators.
Bien entendu, la présente invention est susceptible de toutes autres variantes et modifications qui apparaîtront à l'homme de l'art. Of course, the present invention is susceptible to all other variations and modifications which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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1. Dispositif de mesure d'un champ électromagnétique et de la température dans une zone d'analyse, comprenant : une source lumineuse (7) envoyant dans une fibre opti¬ que à maintien de polarisation (5) un faisceau lumineux polarisé selon un axe de la fibre ; un matériau électro-optique anisotrope (1) disposé dans ladite zone, recevant le faisceau de la fibre optique et renvoyant un faisceau dans cette fibre ; des moyens (13-14) de déphasage du faisceau renvoyé dans la fibre transformant l'onde elliptique incidente en onde rectiligne ; des moyens (19) d'analyse de l'intensité de ladite onde rectiligne ; caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre : une lame quart d'onde (22) insérée entre la fibre optique et ledit matériau anisotrope, ayant ses axes orientés à 45 degrés des axes de la fibre optique, et des moyens (15, 25) de détermination des variations de l'orientation de ladite onde rectiligne en sortie des moyens de déphasage .1. Device for measuring an electromagnetic field and temperature in an analysis zone, comprising: a light source (7) in a sending fiber opti ¬ polarization maintaining (5) a polarized light beam along an axis fiber; an anisotropic electro-optical material (1) disposed in said zone, receiving the beam of the optical fiber and returning a beam in this fiber; means (13-14) for phase shifting the beam reflected in the fiber transforming the elliptical wave incident in a rectilinear wave; means (19) for analyzing the intensity of said rectilinear wave; characterized in that it further comprises: a quarter wave plate (22) inserted between the optical fiber and said anisotropic material, having its axes oriented at 45 degrees from the axes of the optical fiber, and means (15, 25 ) for determining the variations of the orientation of said rectilinear wave at the output of the phase shift means.
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens de déphasage optique comprennent un compensateur de Soleil-Babinet.2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the optical phase shift means comprise a Sun-Babinet compensator.
3. Procédé de réglage d'un dispositif selon la reven- dication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes suivantes : régler l'orientation desdits moyens de déphasage pour obtenir une onde rectiligne en sortie ; détecter l'orientation de ladite onde rectiligne ; et retoucher le réglage des moyens de déphasage si le signal se dérègle par suite d'une variation de température de la fibre. 3. A method of adjusting a device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: adjusting the orientation of said phase shift means to obtain a rectilinear wave output; detecting the orientation of said rectilinear wave; and retouching the adjustment of the phase shift means if the signal is derailed as a result of a temperature variation of the fiber.
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