• DocumentCode
    733506
  • Title

    Whispering gallery mode-based magnetometer

  • Author

    Vo, Trung D. ; Magi, Eric ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Ferguson, Brian G.

  • Author_Institution
    Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ. (DSTO), Maritime Div., Dept. of Defence, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a compact all-optical magnetic sensor based on whispering gallery modes in a photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with ferrofluid. We achieve a sensitivity of ~0.18 pm/μT and a resolution of ~222 nT.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; magnetic sensors; magnetometers; photonic crystals; whispering gallery modes; all-optical magnetic sensor; ferrofluid; magnetometer; photonic crystal fiber; whispering gallery mode; Magnetic fields; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183946