Abstract
Fiber optic quarter waveplate (QWP) is widely used in all kinds of optical fiber systems such as fiber sensing systems. Specifically, in fiber optic current sensor (FOCS) system, which is now applied in power grids to measure current and monitor operation, fiber optic QWP is a key device and has serious impact on temperature stability and accuracy of the system. We fabricated a QWP using polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM PCF), and studied its impact on the temperature characteristic of a home-made FOCS system. We also made a QWP with conventional polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) for comparison purposes. The measured system error of the FOCS prototype using a QWP made of PM PCF between −40°C and 70°C was 8.45‰, which is five times smaller than with a QWP made of conventional PMF.
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