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Optical fiber magnetic field sensors with peanut-shape structure cascaded with LPFG

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An optical fiber magnetic field sensor for the dual-parameter simultaneous measurement is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor head is constructed by a peanut-shape structure and long period fiber grating (LPFG) coated by magnetic fluid (MF). The external magnetic field intensity can be measured by the variation of characteristic wavelength (Dip1 and Dip2) in interference spectrum since the effective refractive index of MF changes with external magnetic field intensity. When the external magnetic field intensity changes from 0 mT to 20 mT, the magnetic field sensitivities of Dip1 and Dip2 are −0.064 nm/mT and −0.041 nm/mT, respectively. Experimental results show that the temperature sensitivities of the Dip1 and Dip2 are 0.233 nm/°C and 0.186 nm/°C, respectively. Therefore, the simultaneous measurement of the magnetic field intensity and temperature is demonstrated based on the sensitive matrix. It has some potential applications in aerospace, environmental monitoring and medical sensing fields.

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  1. 1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Ye Cao  (曹晔)

  2. Communication Devices and Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China

    Yue Zhao  (赵月), Zheng-rong Tong  (童峥嵘) & Yan Wang  (王艳)

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This work has been supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No.2013AA014200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11444001), and the Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No.14JCYBJC16500).

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Cao, Y., Zhao, Y., Tong, Zr. et al. Optical fiber magnetic field sensors with peanut-shape structure cascaded with LPFG. Optoelectron. Lett. 12, 358–360 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-016-6166-3

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