Abstract

... constant  MOCT for high electrical field current detection has not been successfully
commercialized due to materials related problems such as the low Verdet constant, high birefringence, and phase shift etc.

DESCRIPTION:

This proposal aims to fabricate  a magnetic- optical current transducer (MOCT) based on new magnetic- optical(MO) glasses and on MO fibers for high electrical field current detection through developing new magnetic-optical glasses and fibres with high Verdet constant  MOCT for high
electrical field current detection has not been successfully commercialized due to materials related problems such as the low Verdet constant, high birefringence, and phase shift etc.  In this project, we plan to develop new glasses  with high Verdet constant through the following approaches : employing new glass systems with high refractive index and decreased energy band gap ; doping the glass with rear earth elements ; introducing nanoclusters of ferromagnetics  inside the glasses etc. Based on the studied MO glasses , compatible core and clad glasses will be selected  ;  preform fabrication and MO fibre fabrication will be carried out. Finally ,based on the obtained MO glasses and fibres, MOCT prototype will be designed and fabricated based on the obtained new MO glasses and fibres .

Development stage : Proposal Under Development

European   funding   source(s) :   Nanosciences, Nanotechnology, Materials and new Production Technologies

Type   of Project:   FP7 Collaborative Research

Keywords : Glass (002007007), Optical Materials (002007012)

Organisation type   : University

Organisation size : >500

Other details :   Department of  Material Sciences and Chemical Engineering

Target partner organisation type(s)   : SME (<250 employees), Large Company, University, Research/Technology Centre

Target partner expertise sought :  

- glasses and materials preparation and characterization ;
- glass fibre fabrication and characterization;
- fibre sensor design and fabrication
- MOCT design and fabrication


Application domains : Materials technology