Two new fiber optic magnetostrictive phase modulators and magnetometers using the highly magnetostrictive rare-earth iron compound Tb<sub>x</sub>Dy<sub>l-x</sub>Fe₂ are investigated. They demonstrated to have a high sensitivity, dynamic range, minimum field detectability, and a better structural suitability than metallic glasses. For the first sensor, the experimental linear phase shifting coefficient was 1.102 rad/Vp-m with the corresponding phase shift nonnalized to the magnetic field of 0.306 radiO-m. For the second sensor, the experimental linear phase shifting coefficient was 0.5 rad/Vp-m with the corresponding phase shift nonnalized to the magnetic field of 0.136 rad/G-m. A minimum detectable phase shift of better than 1 μrad was obtained, which corresponds to 2 μG/m for a 4 Hz bandwidth and 1 μG/â HZ per meter of fiber interaction length. The projected minimum detectable magnetic field for 30 meters, for the first sensor, is thus seen to be 3pT/â HZ. The experimental results presented have clearly demonstrated the utility of the Terfenol based magnetostrictive fiber optic phase modulator and magnetometer. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43481 |
| Date | 30 June 2009 |
| Creators | Kamdar, Ketan Dilip |
| Contributors | Electrical Engineering, Claus, Richard O., Jacobs, Ira, Murphy, Kent A. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vi, 60 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 28737403, LD5655.V855_1993.K363.pdf |
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