Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields

Graham N. Smith; Thomas D.P. Allsop; Kyriacos Kalli; Charalambos Koutsides; Ron Neal; Kate  Sugden; Philip Culverhouse; Ian Bennion

doi:10.1117/12.885122

Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields

Graham N. Smith, Thomas D.P. Allsop, Kyriacos Kalli, Charalambos Koutsides, Ron Neal, Kate Sugden, Philip Culverhouse, Ian Bennion

Aston University

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Abstract

A novel device for the detection and characterisation of static magnetic fields is presented. It consists of a femtosecond laser inscribed fibre Bragg grating (FBG) that is incorporated into an optical fibre with a femtosecond laser micromachined slot. The symmetry of the fibre is broken by the micro-slot, producing non-uniform strain across the fibre cross section. The sensing region is coated with Terfenol-D making the device sensitive to static magnetic fields, whereas the symmetry breaking results in a vectorial sensor for the detection of magnetic fields as low as 0.046 mT with a resolution of ±0.3mT in transmission and ±0.7mT in reflection. The sensor output is directly wavelength encoded from the FBG filtering, leading to simple demodulation through the monitoring of wavelength shifts that result as the fibre structure changes shape in response to the external magnetic field. The use of a femtosecond laser to both inscribe the FBG and micro-machine the slot in a single stage, prior to coating the device, significantly simplifies the sensor fabrication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	21st international conference on optical fiber sensors
Editors	Wojtek J. Bock, Jacques Albert, Xiaoyi Bao
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-0-8194-8246-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885122
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011
Event	21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors - Ottawa, ON, Canada Duration: 15 May 2011 → 19 May 2011 http://www.ofs21.org/

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Name	SPIE proceedings
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	7753
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors
Abbreviated title	OFS21
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa, ON
Period	15/05/11 → 19/05/11
Internet address	http://www.ofs21.org/

Bibliographical note

G. N. Smith ; T. Allsop ; K. Kalli ; C. Koutsides ; R. Neal ; K. Sugden ; P. Culverhouse and I. Bennion "Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields", Wojtek J. Bock ; Jacques Albert ; Xiaoyi Bao (eds); Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 77536N (May 17, 2011).
Copyright 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.885122

Keywords

fiber Bragg gratings
optical fiber sensors
femtosecond laser

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Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D
G. N. Smith ; T. Allsop ; K. Kalli ; C. Koutsides ; R. Neal ; K. Sugden ; P. Culverhouse and I. Bennion "Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields", Wojtek J. Bock ; Jacques Albert ; Xiaoyi Bao (eds); Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 77536N (May 17, 2011). Copyright 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.885122
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Smith, G. N., Allsop, T. D. P., Kalli, K., Koutsides, C., Neal, R., Sugden, K., Culverhouse, P., & Bennion, I. (2011). Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields. In W. J. Bock, J. Albert, & X. Bao (Eds.), 21st international conference on optical fiber sensors (SPIE proceedings; Vol. 7753). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885122

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21st international conference on optical fiber sensors. ed. / Wojtek J. Bock; Jacques Albert; Xiaoyi Bao. SPIE, 2011. (SPIE proceedings; Vol. 7753).

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Femtosecond laser inscribed Bragg sensor in Terfenol-D coated optical fibre with ablated microslot for the detection of static magnetic fields

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