Photonic E-field sensor
Author(s) -
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov,
Wei Liang,
Vladimir S. Ilchenko,
Elijah Dale,
E. A. Savchenkova,
Andrey B. Matsko,
D. Seidel,
Lute Maleki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4902895
Subject(s) - electric field , photonics , electromagnetic field , sensitivity (control systems) , dielectric , field (mathematics) , wavelength , optoelectronics , physics , radio frequency , optics , materials science , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , engineering , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
We report on both theoretical and experimental studies of a photonic implementation of the electric (E-) field sensor using a probe made with all-dielectric RF-transparent elements. The geometrical dimensions of the electric field probe can be smaller than the wavelength of the measured electromagnetic field in the material. Our theoretical calculations show that the sensor allows detecting electric fields in a broad frequency range (100 Hz-20 GHz) with sensitivity better than 1 μV/[Hz1/2 m]. We demonstrate the sensor operating at X-band and validate the theoretical predictions
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