Ultrasensitive magnetic field sensor based on an in-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer with a magnetic fluid component

Zhengyong Li; Changrui Liao; Jun Song; Ying Wang; Feng Zhu; Yiping Wang; Xiaopeng Dong

doi:10.1364/prj.4.000197

Photonics Research, Volume. 4, Issue 5, 0197(2016)

Ultrasensitive magnetic field sensor based on an in-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer with a magnetic fluid component

Zhengyong Li¹, Changrui Liao^1,2, Jun Song¹, Ying Wang¹, Feng Zhu¹, Yiping Wang^1、*, and Xiaopeng Dong³

¹Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²e-mail: cliao@szu.edu.cn

³School of Information Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Special Issue: OPTICAL VORTICES AND VECTOR BEAMS

Received: Jun. 28, 2016

Accepted: Aug. 24, 2016

Published Online: Nov. 23, 2016

The Author Email: Yiping Wang (ypwang@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/prj.4.000197

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