Experimental Investigation on Temperature Dependence of the Performance in a Magnetostrictive Fiber-Optic Interferometric Magnetic Field Sensor

Author

Wang, Xin ; Li, Xinwan ; Du, Zhigang ; Wang, Xiaoyang ; Chen, Jianping

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

9

Issue

10

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1234

Lastpage

1239

Abstract

This paper studies the temperature dependence of the performance in magnetostrictive fiber-optic Michelson interferometric magnetic field sensors. Experiments are carried out and the results show that the sensor system output, system sensitivity and transducer´s mechanical resonant frequency are strongly affected by the ambient temperature. Fitted expressions are provided and compensation methods are demonstrated with experimental verification.

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; fibre optic sensors; magneto-optical sensors; magnetostrictive devices; thermo-optical effects; Michelson interferometry; ambient temperature; magnetic field sensor; magnetostrictive fiber-optic sensor; temperature dependence performance; transducer mechanical resonant frequency; Amorphous magnetic materials; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic sensors; Magnetostriction; Optical fiber sensors; Resonant frequency; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Transducers; Fiber-optic interferometric magnetic field transducer; mechanical resonant frequency; system output; temperature behavior;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2009.2029813

Filename

5230372