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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:
Mar. 15, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324244 ; 324260 ; 350376 ;
Abstract
A measurement head for a magnetic field gradient vector measuring apparatus, comprising essentially a laser diode emitting two light beams aligned along the same axis. Two magnetic field measuring cells are placed in the paths of these light beams. Each cell comprises a wafer coated with a layer of a magnetic material forming a waveguide. The purpose of each cell is to measure the Faraday effect on the polarization of the magnetic field by using a zero method. A difference circuit then calculates the difference between the commands given to each cell so as to find the value of the magnetic field gradient.