• DocumentCode
    1022819
  • Title

    Magnetoelastic amorphous metal fluxgate magnetometer

  • Author

    Mermelstein, M.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Geo-Centers, Inc., Newton Center, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    525
  • Lastpage
    526
  • Abstract
    A fluxgate magnetometer is presented which exploits the magnetic field dependence to the stress-driven magnetisation fluctuations in magnetostrictive metallic glass ribbons. A magnetometer constructed with an unannealed ribbon, a piezoelectric ceramic driving element and a 100-turn pick-up coil exhibits a minimum detectable magnetic field of 15 nT/¿Hz in the DC to 1 Hz bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    magnetic field measurement; magnetoelastic effects; magnetometers; fluxgate magnetometer; magnetic field dependence; magnetostrictive metallic glass ribbons; minimum detectable magnetic field; pick-up coil; piezoelectric ceramic driving element; stress-driven magnetisation fluctuations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860358
  • Filename
    4256553