摘要 |
<p>A voltage detector detects a voltage developing in a selected area of an object such as an integrated circuit by utilizing an electro-optic material equipped in an optical probe. A change in refractive index of the first electro-optic material which is caused by the voltage in the object, is detected as a change of polarization of a light beam passing through the first electro-optic material. In order to compensating for a polarization change caused by the spontaneous birefringence, the first and second electro-optic materials made of the same material are disposed in such a manner that the first and second electro-optic materials are aligned along a light-traveling direction with their lengths in the light-traveling direction being substantially identical and with their optic axes being perpendicular to each other.</p> |