All-fiber optical magnetic-field sensor based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber

doi:10.1364/OE.18.005407

All-fiber optical magnetic-field sensor based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber

L. Sun, S. Jiang, and J. R. Marciante »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 5407-5412 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.005407

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An all-fiber optical magnetic field sensor is demonstrated. It consists of a fiber Faraday rotator and a fiber polarizer. The fiber Faraday rotator uses a 2-cm-long section of 56-wt.%-terbium–doped silicate fiber with a Verdet constant of –24.5 rad/(Tm) at 1053 nm. The fiber polarizer is Corning SP1060 single-polarization fiber. The sensor has a sensitivity of 0.49 rad/T and can measure magnetic fields from 0.02 to 3.2 T.

OCIS Codes
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
(230.2240) Optical devices : Faraday effect

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Sensors

History
Original Manuscript: December 8, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 29, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 29, 2010
Published: March 1, 2010

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L. Sun, S. Jiang, and J. R. Marciante, "All-fiber optical magnetic-field sensor based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber," Opt. Express 18, 5407-5412 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-6-5407

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J. E. Lenz, “A review of magnetic sensors,” Proc. IEEE 78(6), 973–989 (1990). [CrossRef]
A. Yariv and H. V. Winsor, “Proposal for detection of magnetic fields through magnetostrictive perturbation of optical fibers,” Opt. Lett. 5(3), 87–89 (1980). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Okamura, “Fiber-optic magnetic sensor utilizing the Lorentzian force,” J. Lightwave Technol. 8(10), 1558–1564 (1990). [CrossRef]
V. Radojevic, D. Nedeljkovic, N. Talijan, D. Trifunovic, and R. Aleksic, “Optical fibers with composite magnetic coating for magnetic field sensing,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272−276, E1755−E1756 (2004). [CrossRef]
C.-L. Tien, C.-C. Hwang, H.-W. Chen, W. F. Liu, and S.-W. Lin, “Magnetic sensor based on side-polished fiber Bragg grating coated with iron film,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 42(10), 3285–3287 (2006). [CrossRef]
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V. Annovazzi-Lodi, S. Merlo, and A. Leona, “All-fiber Faraday rotator made by a multiturn figure-of-eight coil with matched birefringence,” J. Lightwave Technol. 13(12), 2349–2353 (1995). [CrossRef]
W. E. Gettys, F. J. Keller, and M. J. Skove, Physics, Classical and Modern (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1989).
L. Sun, S. Jiang, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Marciante, “Effective Verdet constant in a terbium-doped-core phosphate fiber,” Opt. Lett. 34(11), 1699–1701 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. Sun, S. Jiang, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Marciante, “All-fiber optical isolator based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber,” Opt. Lett. (to be published in Opt. Lett. Vol. 35(5), (2010)).
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J. R. Marciante, N. O. Farmiga, J. P. Kondis, and J. R. Frederick, “Phase effects of secondary reflections on the performance of reflective liquid-crystal cells,” Opt. Express 11(9), 1096–1105 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. A. Williams, A. H. Rose, G. W. Day, T. E. Milner, and M. N. Deeter, “Temperature dependence of the Verdet constant in several,” Appl. Opt. 30(10), 1176–1178 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] J. E. Lenz, “A review of magnetic sensors,” Proc. IEEE 78(6), 973–989 (1990). [CrossRef]

[2] A. Yariv and H. V. Winsor, “Proposal for detection of magnetic fields through magnetostrictive perturbation of optical fibers,” Opt. Lett. 5(3), 87–89 (1980). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] H. Okamura, “Fiber-optic magnetic sensor utilizing the Lorentzian force,” J. Lightwave Technol. 8(10), 1558–1564 (1990). [CrossRef]

[4] V. Radojevic, D. Nedeljkovic, N. Talijan, D. Trifunovic, and R. Aleksic, “Optical fibers with composite magnetic coating for magnetic field sensing,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272−276, E1755−E1756 (2004). [CrossRef]

[5] C.-L. Tien, C.-C. Hwang, H.-W. Chen, W. F. Liu, and S.-W. Lin, “Magnetic sensor based on side-polished fiber Bragg grating coated with iron film,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 42(10), 3285–3287 (2006). [CrossRef]

[6] G. W. Day, D. N. Payne, A. J. Barlow, and J. J. Ramskov-Hansen, “Faraday rotation in coiled, monomode optical fibers: isolators, filters, and magnetic sensors,” Opt. Lett. 7(5), 238–240 (1982). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] V. Annovazzi-Lodi, S. Merlo, and A. Leona, “All-fiber Faraday rotator made by a multiturn figure-of-eight coil with matched birefringence,” J. Lightwave Technol. 13(12), 2349–2353 (1995). [CrossRef]

[8] W. E. Gettys, F. J. Keller, and M. J. Skove, Physics, Classical and Modern (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1989).

[9] L. Sun, S. Jiang, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Marciante, “Effective Verdet constant in a terbium-doped-core phosphate fiber,” Opt. Lett. 34(11), 1699–1701 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] L. Sun, S. Jiang, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Marciante, “All-fiber optical isolator based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber,” Opt. Lett. (to be published in Opt. Lett. Vol. 35(5), (2010)).

[11] J. Ballato and E. Snitzer, “Fabrication of fibers with high rare-earth concentrations for Faraday isolator applications,” Appl. Opt. 34(30), 6848–6854 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] D. A. Nolan, G. E. Berkey, M.-J. Li, X. Chen, W. A. Wood, and L. A. Zenteno, “Single-polarization fiber with a high extinction ratio,” Opt. Lett. 29(16), 1855–1857 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] M. McCaig, and A. G. Clegg, Permanent Magnets in Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1987).

[14] J. R. Marciante, N. O. Farmiga, J. P. Kondis, and J. R. Frederick, “Phase effects of secondary reflections on the performance of reflective liquid-crystal cells,” Opt. Express 11(9), 1096–1105 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] P. A. Williams, A. H. Rose, G. W. Day, T. E. Milner, and M. N. Deeter, “Temperature dependence of the Verdet constant in several,” Appl. Opt. 30(10), 1176–1178 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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