Abstract

The apparent increase in magnetic field measurement has led to a growing demand for new sensing technologies. However, a long-lasting challenge unaddressed is how to achieve ultrahigh sensitive magnetic field measurement in both amplitude and orientation. Here, we demonstrate a compact-in-size and simple-to-implement fiber-optic magnetometer for highly sensitive vector magnetic field measurement. The sensor is based on magnetic nanoparticles coated tilted fiber Bragg grating inscribed in a commercial single mode fiber. The sensing mechanism stems from the backward coupled cladding mode resonances with narrow bandwidth (Q factor > 10⁴), which is highly sensitive to slight surface refractive index perturbation. The switching of the magnetic field direction on the surface of fiber induces redistribution of coated magnetic nanoparticles with spatial anisotropy density and scattering by formation of magnetic chains hereafter the effective index is changed, which in turn modulates the cladding mode resonance with wavelength shift and amplitude attenuation. Through calculating the peak-to-peak intensity of target cladding modes of TFBG, the external magnetic field was precisely measured with an intensity sensitivity of 0.39 dB/mT and a direction sensitivity of 0.038 dB/rad. The inherent core mode can be used as a reference to get rid of temperature crosstalk and light source disturbance. The proposed sensor is compact in size and easy to be used in hard-to-reach place, showing good potentials for industrial applications.

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