Magneto-optical fiber sensor based on bandgap effect of photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with magnetic fluid

A magnetic field sensor based on combination of the magnetic fluid and the tunable photonic bandgap effect of photonic crystal fiber is proposed. The magnetic fluid with higher refractive index (>1.45) is prepared and filled into the air-holes of photonic crystal fiber to convert the index guidin...

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Main Authors: Zu, Peng, Chan, Chi Chiu, Gong, Tianxun, Jin, Yongxing, Wong, Wei Chang, Dong, Xinyong
Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97068
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10879
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:A magnetic field sensor based on combination of the magnetic fluid and the tunable photonic bandgap effect of photonic crystal fiber is proposed. The magnetic fluid with higher refractive index (>1.45) is prepared and filled into the air-holes of photonic crystal fiber to convert the index guiding fiber into photonic bandgap fiber. The proposed sensor takes full advantage of the ultrahigh sensitivity characteristic of photonic bandgap fiber and achieves a high sensitivity and resolution of 1.56 nm/Oe and 0.0064 Oe, respectively, which are 2-3 orders of magnitude better than other sensors based on magnetic fluid.