Waveguide Sensor Research Articles

Conformable and Compact Multiaxis Tactile Sensor for Human and Robotic Grasping via Anisotropic Waveguides

AbstractRich and accurate tactile perceptive capability is important for both humans and robots. Soft materials exhibit unique characteristics to construct high‐performance tactile sensors such as high sensitivity and high resistance to overload. In this work, a multiaxis tactile sensor based on a soft anisotropic waveguide that can distinguish normal force and shear force, which can greatly expand its potential uses in practice, is reported. First, the anisotropy of the waveguide sensor's response to vector forces is validated numerically and experimentally, and then two of those anisotropic units are embedded into one cladding with a crossed‐over layout, to form a multiaxis sensor. Then, a calibration algorithm is implemented on this sensor and the reconstruction of vector forces is achieved at an average accuracy of 28.0 mN for normal forces and 81.1 mN for shear forces, both with the sensing range of 1 N. Using this device, three demonstrations are shown to give outlooks of its potential application in human and robotic grasping tasks: a wearable tactile sensor for collecting human's haptic data during operation, a uniaxial gyroscope, and a robotic gripper's tactile sensor for assisting an unlocking task with a key. This work is a step toward more functional soft waveguide‐based force sensors.

Larger-Than-Unity External Optical Field Confinement Enabled by Metamaterial-Assisted Comb Waveguide for Ultrasensitive Long-Wave Infrared Gas Spectroscopy.

Nanophotonic waveguides that implement long optical pathlengths on chips are promising to enable chip-scale gas sensors. Nevertheless, current absorption-based waveguide sensors suffer from weak interactions with analytes, limiting their adoptions in most demanding applications such as exhaled breath analysis and trace-gas monitoring. Here, we propose an all-dielectric metamaterial-assisted comb (ADMAC) waveguide to greatly boost the sensing capability. By leveraging large longitudinal electric field discontinuity at periodic high-index-contrast interfaces in the subwavelength grating metamaterial and its unique features in refractive index engineering, the ADMAC waveguide features strong field delocalization into the air, pushing the external optical field confinement factor up to 113% with low propagation loss. Our sensor operates in the important but underdeveloped long-wave infrared spectral region, where absorption fingerprints of plentiful chemical bonds are located. Acetone absorption spectroscopy is demonstrated using our sensor around 7.33 μm, showing a detection limit of 2.5 ppm with a waveguide length of only 10 mm.

Liquid Permittivity Sensing Using Teeth Gear-Circular Substrate Integrated Waveguide

A new design of teeth gear-circular substrate integrated waveguide (TG-CSIW) sensor to extract complex permittivity of liquids is suggested in this study. The proposed sensor size is decreased up to 20% after the Angle Between Input and Output Ports (ABIOP) was introduced. As the outcome, there was a very excellent quality factor of 700 unloaded. The sensor operated at 2.45GHz resonant frequency, and it is progressively designed by the ANSYS program HFSS. The sensor’s simulated response was evaluated by different permittivity of liquid under test (LUT) with an amount of 0.11mL aqueous. A strong correlation is obtained between the simulated and experimental findings of complex permittivity of LUTs with a minimal error of less than 0.4%. In addition, the modelled sensor was employed to estimate the complex permittivity of unknown specimens. It has contributed to a miniaturized, low-cost, secure, non-contact, fast-detection system utilizing limited liquid volumes filled into Polypropylene tubes. The proposed sensor is practically useful for food or beverage products, fluids/tissues of organic and natural herbs industry applications.

Multipoint gas-liquid phase detection method based on a thin-film optical waveguide.

Gas-liquid phase detection is an important technique applied in a wide range of industries. In this study, we developed a phase detection method using a film-based optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is a thin and flexible film with multi-light paths that uses multi-microsensors for gas-liquid phase detection. The intensity of the reflected light generated by different refractive indices between gas and liquid aids in distinguishing the phase. Additionally, the sensing principle is identical to that of the typical optical fiber probing technique. In this study, we investigated the detection process considering the impact of a single droplet on waveguide sensors. Furthermore, we analyzed a droplet evaporation phenomenon and a thin-film liquid flow accompanied by a high-speed airflow on the sensors. Based on the obtained results, we determined that the proposed method can effectively measure the simultaneous local multipoint and high temporal resolution phase detection on a smooth surface. Therefore, we believe that our original sensor can diagnose such a dispersed two-phase flow near the wall inside of machines or curved tubes where the high-speed visualization is hard to be applied.

Design and Bulk Sensitivity Analysis of a Silicon Nitride Photonic Biosensor for Cancer Cell Detection

Bulk sensitivity is an important parameter to validate the efficiency of the photonic waveguide sensor. Due to recent advancements in point-of-care silicon photonic biosensing, the focus is to identify the effective way to improve sensitivity. Integrating polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channel in sensor architecture decreases the sensitivity due to leakage of molecules at edges. The silicon nitride (SiN4) Mach–Zehnder interferometer utilizes the refractive index of different cancer cells (1.39–1.401) to determine the bulk sensitivity. The proposed gradient step rib-slot structure of 970 nm wide and 400 nm thickness is designed to hold the liquid sample without any PDMS material. This novel waveguide exhibits high waveguide bulk sensitivity S w , bulk and device bulk sensitivity S d compared with the gradient rib waveguide. We achieved a waveguide bulk sensitivity S w , bulk of 2.0699 RIU/RIU and device sensitivity S d of 568 nm/RIU through finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) analysis.

A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Resonator Sensor for Dual-Band Complex Permittivity Measurement

This paper presents a novel dual-band substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) sensor that is designed to measure the complex permittivities of liquids or solid powders at two industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequencies simultaneously. Resonant frequencies and quality factors are obtained from S-parameter measurements with the proposed SIW sensor, and applied to reconstructing the permittivities of materials under test through an artificial neural network. The water–ethanol mixed liquids were measured with the proposed sensor. The maximum deviations of the measured permittivities at 2.45 and 5.8 GHz are within 3% of literature results. The measurement by the proposed SIW sensor with artificial neural network reconstruction is accurate and efficient.

Detection of volatile organic compounds using mid-infrared silicon nitride waveguide sensors

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) sensors consisting of silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides were designed and tested to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs). SiN thin films, prepared by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), have a broad mid-IR transparent region and a lower refractive index (nSiN = 2.0) than conventional materials such as Si (nSi = 3.4), which leads to a stronger evanescent wave and therefore higher sensitivity, as confirmed by a finite-difference eigenmode (FDE) calculation. Further, in-situ monitoring of three VOCs (acetone, ethanol, and isoprene) was experimentally demonstrated through characteristic absorption measurements at wavelengths λ = 3.0–3.6 μm. The SiN waveguide showed a five-fold sensitivity improvement over the Si waveguide due to its stronger evanescent field. To our knowledge, this is the first time SiN waveguides are used to perform on-chip mid-IR spectral measurements for VOC detection. Thus, the developed waveguide sensor has the potential to be used as a compact device module capable of monitoring multiple gaseous analytes for health, agricultural and environmental applications.

Standard slot waveguide and double hybrid plasmonic waveguide configurations for enhanced evanescent field absorption methane gas sensing

Herein, a numerical study on standard slot waveguide and double hybrid plasmonic waveguide based on a silicon-on-insulator platform is presented. The geometric parameters of both the waveguides are optimized for the operational wavelength of 3.39 μm (absorption line of methane gas) to obtain the maximum evanescent field ratio (EFR). By utilizing Lambert-Beer’s law, the gas sensing capability of both the waveguides is determined. It is found out that both the waveguides of length 100 μm offer high EFR resulting in the 3dB decay of the propagating mode power for the methane gas concentration of 20-22 % in the chamber. The study provides the foundation for the practical realization of compact and highly sensitive gas sensors. Full Text: PDF ReferencesJ.Y. Yo, Y.S. Kwon, J.W. Lee, J.S. Park, B.H. Rho, W. II. Choi. "Acute Respiratory Distress Due to Methane Inhalation", Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 74, 120-123 (2013). CrossRef M. A. Butt, S. A. Degtyarev, S. N. Khonina and N. L. Kazanskiy. "An evanescent field absorption gas sensor at mid-IR 3.39 μm wavelength", Journal of Modern Optics 64, 1892-1897 (2017). CrossRef M. A. Butt, S. N. Khonina and N. L. Kazanskiy. "Modelling of Rib channel waveguides based on silicon-on-sapphire at 4.67 μm wavelength for evanescent field gas absorption sensor", Optik 168, 692-697, (2018). CrossRef M. A. Butt, S. N. Khonina and S. N. Kazanskiy. "Silicon on silicon dioxide slot waveguide evanescent field gas absorption sensor", Journal of Modern Optics 65, 174-178, (2017). CrossRef S. N. Khonina, N. L. Kazanskiy and M. A. Butt. "Evanescent Field Ratio Enhancement of a Modified Ridge Waveguide Structure for Methane Gas Sensing Application", IEEE Sensors Journal 20, 8469-8476 (2020). CrossRef M.Vlk, A. Datta, S. Alberti, H.D. Yallew, V. Mittal, G. S. Murugan, J. Jagerska. "Extraordinary evanescent field confinement waveguide sensor for mid-infrared trace gas spectroscopy", Light: Science & Applications 10, 26 (2021). CrossRef M.A. Butt, S.N. Khonina, N.L. Kazankiy. "Enhancement of evanescent field ratio in a silicon strip waveguide by incorporating a thin metal film", Laser Physics 29, 076202 (2019). CrossRef M. A. Butt, N. L. Kazanskiy and S. N. Khonina, "Highly integrated plasmonic sensor design for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes", Current Applied Physics 20, 1274-1280 (2020). CrossRef T. Milde, M. Hoppe, H. Tatenguem, C. Assmann, W. Schade, J. Sacher. "Comparison of the spectral excitation behavior of methane according to InP, GaSb, IC, and QC lasers as excitation source by sensor applications", Applied Optics 58, C84 (2019). CrossRef N. L. Kazanskiy, S.N. Khonina, M.A. Butt. "Polarization-Insensitive Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide Design for Evanescent Field Absorption Gas Sensor", Photonic Sensors 11, 279-290 (2021). CrossRef D. Popa, F. Udrea. "Towards Integrated Mid-Infrared Gas Sensors", Sensors 19, 2076 (2019). CrossRef S-W. Kang, K. Sasaki, H. Minamitani. "Sensitivity analysis of a thin-film optical waveguide biochemical sensor using evanescent field absorption", Applied Optics 32, 3544-3549 (1993). CrossRef

Theoretical and experimental investigation of on-chip mid-infrared chalcogenide waveguide CH4 sensor based on wavelength modulation spectroscopy

Compared with direct absorption spectroscopy (DAS), wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) with good ability of suppressing noise is rarely used in waveguide sensor. The influence of waveguide parameters on WMS sensing performance is required to clarify in both theory and experiment. Three mid-infrared waveguide methane (CH4) sensors (trapezoid, rectangular, suspended) were proposed and optimized for WMS simulation. Theoretical formulation and the experimentally derived sensing noise were used to numerically evaluate the key figure of merit more accurately. Simulation results were presented to show the influence of waveguide parameters on sensing performance. Two chalcogenide on magnesium fluoride (ChG-on-MgF2) trapezoid waveguide CH4 sensors were fabricated using lift-off method, and CH4 measurement was carried out using WMS. The waveguide loss was measured to be 1.52 dB/cm, leading to an optimal sensor length of 2.7 cm. The limit of detection (LoD) of CH4 for the 1cm- and 2cm-long waveguide sensors are 0.68% and 0.17% with an averaging time of 0.2 s. The experimentally achieved second harmonic (2f) signal amplitude and LoD show good agreement with the theoretical results, verifying the feasibility of the design and analysis model of the WMS-based waveguide sensor. Due to the use of WMS and a reduction of waveguide loss from 3.6 to 1.52 dB/cm, the LoD of the 2cm-long ChG-on-MgF2 sensor is 24 times lower than our previously reported 2cm-long ChG-on-SiO2 sensor based on DAS. This work provides a systematic guidance for the design of waveguide gas sensor based on WMS and contributes to improving the sensitivity of on-chip gas sensing.

Double‐slot subwavelength grating waveguide for on‐chip carbon dioxide sensing

AbstractA novel double‐slot subwavelength grating with high sensitivity and small size was presented for the detection of carbon dioxide (CO2). Compared with single‐slot structure, the proposed double‐slot structure reduces the influence of slot width on the transmission intensity and thus improves the sensor performance. For enabling selectivity and sensitivity, the gap of the grating is filled with polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB). The refractive index of PHMB decreases after the absorption of CO2 molecules, which changes the effective refractive index of the waveguide mode. For getting the highest sensitivity, the proposed sensor was numerically simulated and optimized. The limit of detection for CO2 can be as low as 6.3 parts per million (ppm), which is lower than other reported waveguide CO2 sensors based on PHMB. The proposed sensor is capable of atmospheric CO2 monitoring with an acceptable limit of detection.

Metallic Effects on p-Hydroxyphenyl Porphyrin Thin-Film-Based Planar Optical Waveguide Gas Sensor: Experimental and Computational Studies.

Metal effects on the gas sensing behavior of metal complexes of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (THPP) thin film was investigated in terms of detecting NO2 gas by the planar optical waveguide. For this purpose, several THPP and metal complexes were synthesized with different central metal ions: Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II). Planar optical gas sensors were fabricated with the metalloporphyrins deposited on K+ ion-exchanged soda-lime glass substrate with the spin coating method serving as host matrices for gas interaction. All of the THPP complex’s films were fully characterized by UV-Vis, IR and XPS spectroscopy, and the laser light source wavelength was selected at 520 and 670 nm. The results of the planar optical waveguide sensor show that the Zn–THPP complex exhibits the strongest response with the lowest detectable gas concentration of NO2 gas for both 520 nm and 670 nm. The Ni–THPP and Co–THPP complexes display good efficiency in the detection of NO2, while, on the other hand, Cu–THPP shows a very low interaction with NO2 gas, with only 50 ppm and 200 ppm detectable gas concentration for 520 nm and 670 nm, respectively. In addition, molecular dynamic simulations and quantum mechanical calculations were performed, proving to be coherent with the experimental results.

Influence of non-Hermitian mode topology on refractive index sensing with plasmonic waveguides

We evaluate the sensing properties of plasmonic waveguide sensors by calculating their resonant transmission spectra in different regions of the non-Hermitian eigenmode space. We elucidate the pitfalls of using modal dispersion calculations in isolation to predict plasmonic sensor performance, which we address by using a simple model accounting for eigenmode excitation and propagation. Our transmission calculations show that resonant wavelength and spectral width crucially depend on the length of the sensing region, so that no single criterion obtained from modal dispersion calculations alone can be used as a proxy for sensitivity. Furthermore, we find that the optimal detection limits occur where directional coupling is supported, where the narrowest spectra occur. Such narrow spectral features can only be measured by filtering out all higher-order modes at the output, e.g., via a single-mode waveguide. Our calculations also confirm a characteristic square root dependence of the eigenmode splitting with respect to the permittivity perturbation at the exceptional point, which we show can be identified through the sensor beat length at resonance. This work provides a convenient framework for designing and characterizing plasmonic waveguide sensors when comparing them with experimental measurements.

A New Strategy for Real-Time Humidity Detection: Polymer-Coated Optical Waveguide Sensor

This paper proposes a novel strategy for low humidity detection, an optical waveguide (OWG) sensor that is locally coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) film. The humidity sensor was fabricated using a spin coating on a K+-exchanged glass optical waveguide with PVP film. Its sensing properties were investigated by injecting a humid air range of 10.6~32%RH (relative humidity) at room temperature. The surface morphology of the PVP film was characterized by an atomic force microscope (AFM). The possible humidity sensing mechanism of the proposed sensor was discussed by using absorption spectra. This study showed that the PVP-coated OWG sensor possessed high sensitivity, stability, and rapid response/recovery. Therefore, these observed results demonstrate that the low-cost OWG humidity sensor could be applied in real-time low concentration water vapor monitoring.

High Q-factor, ultrasensitivity slot microring resonator sensor based on chalcogenide glasses.

In this article, the chalcogenide slot waveguide is theoretically studied, and the highest power confinement factors of the slot region and the cladding region are obtained to be 36.3% and 56.7%, respectively. A high-sensitivity chalcogenide slot microring resonator sensor is designed and fabricated by electron-beam lithography and dry etching. The structure increases the sensitivity of the sensor compared with the conventional evanescent field waveguide sensor. The cavity has achieved a quality factor of 1 × 104 by fitting the resonant peaks with the Lorentzian profile, one of the highest quality factors reported for chalcogenide slot microring resonators. The sensor sensitivity is measured to be 471 nm/RIU, which leads to an intrinsic limit of detection of 3.3 × 10--4 RIU.

Fully Automated Electrically Controlled Tunable Broadband Interferometric Dielectric Spectroscopy for Aqueous Solutions

A fully automated electrically controlled tunable interference-based microwave sensor is demonstrated with broadband complex permittivity measurements of aqueous solutions within the frequency range of 12–18 GHz. To construct deep destructive interference over the above-mentioned bandwidth, two quadrature hybrids (QHs or 90° coupler) split and combine the signals of material-under-test (MUT) channel and reference liquid (REF) channel with 180° phase shift. Together with voltage variable phase shifters (PSs) and attenuators in both channels, the destructive interference nulls of the desired frequency can be easily tuned having a <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q$ </tex-math></inline-formula> -factor of <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.67\times {10}^{3}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> . A coplanar waveguide (CPW) sensor design was used as the microwave sensing structure and closed microfluidic channel was designed and manufactured with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to facilitate the alteration of MUT, REF, and calibration liquids. Benefiting from electrically controlled PS and attenuator, the measurement system is fully automated for accurate and fast broadband microwave liquid characterization. Measurement of 2-propanol-water solutions (isopropyl alcohol (IPA) solutions) with volume concentration of 1% is performed to illustrate automation processes and its high sensitivity. A mathematical model improved from those in the literature by taking conductor loss and mismatch effects into consideration was applied to extract MUT permittivity, generalizing the calibration procedure with the air and deionized (DI) water as calibration materials, which results in improvements in accuracy, sensitivity, and effective MUT volume. Comparing to state-of-the-art sensors, the proposed setup has an average relative error (ARE) of 1.443% for the effective volume of 5.18 <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> . The complex permittivity of 2-propanol-water solutions with different mole fractions were obtained and confirmed with current literature data.

Design and Simulational Verification for a Stretchable Optical Waveguide Sensor Featuring a Semi-Divided Core Cross Section

Design and Simulational Verification for a Stretchable Optical Waveguide Sensor Featuring a Semi-Divided Core Cross Section

A novel method of plasmon coupled optical waveguide for aerosol sensor

The tropospheric aerosol characterization is important for understanding environmental process as well as human health safety. In this study, the surface plasmon resonance sensor is proposed for the detection of ammonium sulfate which is an important component of aerosols. The reflectivity of proposed sensor waveguides is calculated as a function of the incident angle using the transfer matrix method. The performance of proposed sensors having sol-gel film of tetraethylorthosilane and thymolblue are studied and compared. Firstly, the dispersion characteristics are obtained for different modes, and it is observed that the modes are tightly bound in thymol blue waveguide in comparison to tetraethylorthosilane waveguide. Further, the magnetic field distributions are also studied and compared for proposed waveguide sensor configurations. It is found that the sol-gel film of thymol blue waveguide provides high sensitivity while tetraethylorthosilane waveguide shows high figure of merit. Keywords: aerosol, surface plasmon resonance sensor, reflectivity, sensitivity, detection accuracy.

Multifunctional flexible optical waveguide sensor: on the bioinspiration for ultrasensitive sensors development

This paper presents the development of a bioinspired multifunctional flexible optical sensor (BioMFOS) as an ultrasensitive tool for force (intensity and location) and orientation sensing. The sensor structure is bioinspired in orb webs, which are multifunctional devices for prey capturing and vibration transmission. The multifunctional feature of the structure is achieved by using transparent resins that present both mechanical and optical properties for structural integrity and strain/deflection transmission as well as the optical signal transmission properties with core/cladding configuration of a waveguide. In this case, photocurable and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) resins are used for the core and cladding, respectively. The optical transmission, tensile tests, and dynamic mechanical analysis are performed in the resins and show the possibility of light transmission at the visible wavelength range in conjunction with high flexibility and a dynamic range up to 150 Hz, suitable for wearable applications. The BioMFOS has small dimensions (around 2 cm) and lightweight (0.8 g), making it suitable for wearable application and clothing integration. Characterization tests are performed in the structure by means of applying forces at different locations of the structure. The results show an ultra-high sensitivity and resolution, where forces in the μN range can be detected and the location of the applied force can also be detected with a sub-millimeter spatial resolution. Then, the BioMFOS is tested on the orientation detection in 3D plane, where a correlation coefficient higher than 0.9 is obtained when compared with a gold-standard inertial measurement unit (IMU). Furthermore, the device also shows its capabilities on the movement analysis and classification in two protocols: finger position detection (with the BioMFOS positioned on the top of the hand) and trunk orientation assessment (with the sensor integrated on the clothing). In both cases, the sensor is able of classifying the movement, especially when analyzed in conjunction with preprocessing and clustering techniques. As another wearable application, the respiratory rate is successfully estimated with the BioMFOS integrated into the clothing. Thus, the proposed multifunctional device opens new avenues for novel bioinspired photonic devices and can be used in many applications of biomedical, biomechanics, and micro/nanotechnology.

Optical Waveguide Sensors for Measuring Human Temperature and Humidity with Gel Polymer Electrolytes.

In this work, multimodal responsive optical waveguide sensors using a stable cross-linking gel polymer electrolyte are successfully designed and fabricated by bottom metal-printing technology. Temperature and humidity sensing characterization based on the polymer electrolyte is simulated and analyzed. The multimodal responsive properties of the photonic chip are defined based on the analysis of ion relaxation dynamics: optical phase variable to monitor temperature and optical attenuation variable to detect humidity. In the supervising temperature (36.0-38.0 °C) and relative humidity (45-65%) range, the temperature and humidity sensitivities of the device are measured as 0.5π rad/°C and 1.14 dB/% RH, respectively. The fast-response time for both temperature and humidity of the multifunctional sensor can be obtained as 4.21 ms and 1.32 s, respectively. These findings provide a feasible scheme for the design and application of temperature and humidity sensors in potential medical treatment. From gel polymer electrolytes to multimode monitoring applications, the application exploration of high stability and ultrafast response multimode waveguide sensors is gradually being carried out. This study has great significance for the comprehensive monitoring of sophisticated human physical signs by multimodal responsive waveguide sensors.

The microstructural evolution and ultrasonic guided wave transduction performance of annealed magnetostrictive (Fe83Ga17)99.9(NbC)0.1 thin sheets

Based on the ultrasonic guided wave detection technique, the effects of the annealing process on the microstructures, properties, and ultrasonic guided wave transduction performances of (Fe83Ga17)99.9(NbC)0.1 thin sheets with thicknesses ranging from 0.06 mm to 0.15 mm for magnetostrictive guided wave sensors in non-destructive testing were investigated. The results demonstrated that in contrast to the texture formed when annealing under an Ar atmosphere, the {100} 〈001〉 texture formed in the recrystallized Fe-Ga thin sheets annealed with a flowing Ar/H2 gas mixture, resulting in a saturation magnetostriction of 145 ppm. This might have been related to the influence of the strain recrystallization rate, stored energy, and surface energy. The proposed magnetostrictive guided waves could be used for inspection using the thin sheets. In particular, the thin sheet annealed at 1200 °C for 2 h exhibited excellent guided wave sensing characteristics. This was mainly attributed to the formation of a cubic texture and the value of (dλ/dH) max corresponded to a lower-bias magnetic field. This demonstrated that a proper annealing treatment improved not only the texture but also the sensitivity for guided wave detection. Therefore, this work demonstrated the prospects of applying (Fe83Ga17)99.9(NbC)0.1 thin sheets for ultrasonic guided wave detection.