Mach-Zehnder interferometric magnetic field sensor based on a photonic crystal fiber and magnetic fluid

被引:49
作者
Ding, Xiang Zi [1 ]
Yang, Hang-Zhou [1 ]
Qiao, Xue-Guang [1 ]
Zhang, Pan [1 ]
Tian, Oin [1 ]
Rong, Qiang Zhou [1 ]
Nazal, Nurul Asha Mohd [2 ]
Lim, Kok-Sing [2 ]
Ahmad, Harith [2 ]
机构
[1] Northwest Univ Xian, Sch Phys, Taibai Beilu 229, Xian 710069, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Malaya, Photon Res Ctr, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
MICROFIBER; FERROFLUID; REGION;
D O I
10.1364/AO.57.002050
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A Mach-Zehnder interferometric magnetic field sensor based on a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and magnetic fluid (MF) was designed and experimentally demonstrated. The sensing probe consists of a single-mode-(SM)-multimode-PCF-SM fiber structure through arc fusion splicing. It was then laser engrave notched with the femtosecond laser so that the PCF cladding was selectively infilled MF. A well-defined interference pattern was obtained on account of the tunable refractive index of the MF infilled PCF cladding. The transmission spectra of the proposed sensor under different magnetic field intensities have been measured and theoretically analyzed. The results show that the sensitivity of the proposed sensor can reach -0.13 dB/mT and 0.07334 nm/mT in the magnetic field intensity from 1 mT to 20 mT and 2 mT to 20 mT, respectively. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America
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页码:2050 / 2056
页数:7
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