Design of fiber magnetic field sensor based on fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Abstract

A novel fiber magnetic sensor based on the fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot (FBG-FP) cavity ring-down technique with pulse laser injection is proposed and demonstrated theoretically. A general expression of the intensity of the output electric field is derived, and the effect of the external magnetic field on the ring-down time is discussed. The results show that the output light intensity and the ring-down time of the FBG-FP cavity are in the inverse proportion to the magnitude of the external magnetic field. Our results demonstrate the new concept of the fiber magnetic sensor with the FBG-FP cavity ring-down spectroscopy and the technical feasibility.

Keywords

Fiber magnetic field sensor / fiber Bragg grating / Fabry-Perot cavity / cavity ring-down spectroscopy

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