%0 Journal Article
%T Recent Advances in the Design of Electro-Optic Sensors for Minimally Destructive Microwave Field Probing
%A Dong-Joon Lee
%A No-Weon Kang
%A Jun-Ho Choi
%A Junyeon Kim
%A John F. Whitaker
%J Sensors
%D 2011
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s110100806
%X In this paper we review recent design methodologies for fully dielectric electro-optic sensors that have applications in non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of devices and materials that radiate, guide, or otherwise may be impacted by microwave fields. In many practical NDE situations, fiber-coupled-sensor configurations are preferred due to their advantages over free-space bulk sensors in terms of optical alignment, spatial resolution, and especially, a low degree of field invasiveness. We propose and review five distinct types of fiber-coupled electro-optic sensor probes. The design guidelines for each probe type and their performances in absolute electric-field measurements are compared and summarized.
%K microwave measurement
%K electro-optic measurement
%K optical sensing
%K sensors
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/1/806