Abstract
A kind of novel and compact magnetic field sensor has been proposed and investigated experimentally. The proposed sensor consists of a tapered single mode fiber coupled with a nanostructured magnetic fluid-infiltrated photonic crystal fiber, which is easy to be fabricated. The response of magnetic fluid to magnetic field is used to measure the intensity of magnetic field via whispering gallery mode. The magnetic field-dependent shift in resonance wavelength is observed. The maximum magnetic field intensity sensitivity is 53 pm/mT. The sensor sensitivity is inversely proportional to the thickness of the photonic crystal fiber cladding.
Highlights
Fluid-Infiltrated Photonic CrystalCompared with the traditional measurement methods, optical fiber magnetic field sensors have attracted great attention due to their outstanding virtues such as intrinsic safety, compact size, easy fabrication and immunity to electromagnetic interference
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a whispering gallery mode (WGM) sensor based on the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) infiltrated with magnetic fluid (MF)
The proposed MF-infiltrated PCF WGM device possesses the features of high coupling efficiency and easy fabrication, which makes it a good candidate for application in magnetic field sensing and tunable optical filtering
Summary
Compared with the traditional measurement methods, optical fiber magnetic field sensors have attracted great attention due to their outstanding virtues such as intrinsic safety, compact size, easy fabrication and immunity to electromagnetic interference. They have been widely applied in various fields such as electric power transmission, life science, medical health, geophysical research and military installations [1,2]. We propose and experimentally demonstrate a WGM sensor based on the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) infiltrated with MF. The proposed MF-infiltrated PCF WGM device possesses the features of high coupling efficiency and easy fabrication, which makes it a good candidate for application in magnetic field sensing and tunable optical filtering
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