摘要
Anultrasensitivemagneticfieldsensorbasedonacompactin-fiberMach–Zehnderinterferometer(MZI)createdintwin-corefiber(TCF)isproposed,anditsperformanceisexperimentallydemonstrated.AsectionofTCFwassplicedbetweentwosectionsofstandardsingle-modefibers,andthenamicrochannelwasdrilledthroughonecoreoftheTCFbymeansoffemtosecondlasermicromachining.TheTCFwithonemicrochannelwasthenimmersedinawater-basedFe3O4magneticfluid(MF),formingadirectcomponentofthelightpropagationpath,andthensealedinacapillarytube,achievingamagneticsensingelement,whichmergestheadvantagesofanMZIwithanMF.Experimentswereconductedtoinvestigatethemagneticresponseoftheproposedsensor.Thedevelopedmagneticfieldsensorexhibitsalinearresponsewithinameasurementrangefrom5to9.5mTandanultrahighsensitivityof20.8nm/mT,which,toourbestknowledge,is2ordersofmagnitudegreaterthanotherpreviouslyreportedmagneticsensors.Theproposedsensorisexpectedtooffersignificantpotentialfordetectingweakmagneticfields.
出版日期
2016年05月15日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)