An electro-optical technique for intense microwave measurements

Abstract
An electro‐optical technique has been developed to measure high‐frequency electric fields in free space. Electrically induced birefringence in an electro‐optical crystal is used to modulate a linearly polarized continuous‐wave laser beam. The modulation impressed on the laser beam contains both frequency and field intensity information. A way to use this technique as both a frequency and power meter is discussed. A proof‐of‐principle experiment has been carried out with a 3.1‐GHz magnetron source.

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