CAO Ye,ZHAO Yue,TONG Zheng-rong,WANG Yan.Optical fiber magnetic field sensors with peanut-shape structure cascaded with LPFG[J].Optoelectronics Letters,2016,12(5):358-360 Optical fiber magnetic field sensors with peanut-shape structure cascaded with LPFG Author Name Affiliation CAO Ye  School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China  ZHAO Yue  Communication Devices and Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China  TONG Zheng-rong  Communication Devices and Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China  WANG Yan  Communication Devices and Technology Engineering Research Center, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China  Abstract:       An optical fiber magnetic field sensor for the dual-parameter simultaneous measurement is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor head is constructed by a peanut-shape structure and long period fiber grating (LPFG) coated by magnetic fluid (MF). The external magnetic field intensity can be measured by the variation of characteristic wavelength (Dip1 and Dip2) in interference spectrum since the effective refractive index of MF changes with external magnetic field intensity. When the external magnetic field intensity changes from 0 mT to 20 mT, the magnetic field sensitivities of Dip1 and Dip2 are ?0.064 nm/mT and ?0.041 nm/mT, respectively. Experimental results show that the temperature sensitivities of the Dip1 and Dip2 are 0.233 nm/°C and 0.186 nm/°C, respectively. Therefore, the simultaneous measurement of the magnetic field intensity and temperature is demonstrated based on the sensitive matrix. It has some potential applications in aerospace, environmental monitoring and medical sensing fields. Hits: 3790 Download times: 0 View Full Text    Download reader