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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis C Erickson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gail A Massey, Cornelius, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 96 ; 324 51 ;
Abstract
Crystals which vary the polarization of a beam of light according to the intensity of the electrical or magnetic field in the crystal are placed in the vicinity of a high-voltage power line. A laser beam is directed from an elctrically isolated position through the crystal and is reflected to the isolated position. The change in polarization of the returned beam is measured to indicate the intensity of the field. Temperature measurement and thermal compensation are provided because of temperature variations in the polarization modulation coefficient of the crystals.