The invention relates to an optical
voltage transformer quarter-wave plate additional
birefringence calculation method based on a linear
demodulation mode, and belongs to the technical field of
high voltage measurement and optical
voltage transformers. Linear
demodulation of phase
delay is realized based on an S-wave plate, specifically, light emitted by a
light source forms
linearly polarized light through a
polarizer, electro-optical phase
delay is generated through an electro-optical
crystal modulated by an
electric field, the
linearly polarized light is synthesized under the action of a quarter-wave plate, and additional
birefringence generated by the quarter-wave plate due to temperature drift is considered. Electro-optic phase
delay and additional
birefringence (collectively referred to as phase delay variation) are both converted into rotation of a
linearly polarized light polarization plane, after the linearly polarized light passes through the
S wave plate and the polarization analyzer, the rotation angle of the
polarization plane is converted into linear translation of a strip-shaped
light spot, and the rotation angle and the linear translation meet a
linear relation. Therefore, the displacement of the
light spot is determined by positioning the
light spot, and the rotation angle of the
polarization plane can be measured. And the additional birefringence introduced by the quarter-wave plate can be calculated by modulating the alternating-
current voltage to be measured.