CN109709498B - Magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

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CN109709498B
CN109709498B CN201910018720.3A CN201910018720A CN109709498B CN 109709498 B CN109709498 B CN 109709498B CN 201910018720 A CN201910018720 A CN 201910018720A CN 109709498 B CN109709498 B CN 109709498B
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一种磁流体包覆的全光纤矢量磁场传感器及其制备方法,光纤干涉仪由导入和导出单模光纤以及两者之间锥形两模光纤构成,为了增强两模光纤中LP01和LP11模式的干涉强度,利用飞秒激光聚焦在锥形两模光纤腰径处的包层形成折射率调制区。由于传感器相对于光纤轴的位置不对称性,折射率调制区同时提供了明显的方向性依赖。对于纳米磁性材料,利用了磁场对其折射率的可调谐性。通过磁性材料和不对称锥形两模光纤之间倏逝场的耦合作用,实现磁场对LP01和LP11模式的有效折射率的调制作用,从而使光纤干涉仪输出的光谱信号受磁场矢量调制,构成光纤矢量磁场传感器。本发明为全光纤磁场传感器,传输损耗低,稳定性较高,可实现高灵敏度磁场矢量传感测量。

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An all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor coated with magnetic fluid and a preparation method thereof. An optical fiber interferometer is composed of an import and export single-mode optical fiber and a tapered two-mode optical fiber between the two. In order to enhance the LP 01 and LP 11 in the two-mode optical fiber Mode interference intensity, using femtosecond laser to focus on the cladding at the waist diameter of the tapered two-mode fiber to form a refractive index modulation region. Due to the positional asymmetry of the sensor with respect to the fiber axis, the refractive index modulated region simultaneously provides a pronounced directional dependence. For nanomagnetic materials, the tunability of their refractive index by a magnetic field is exploited. Through the coupling effect of the evanescent field between the magnetic material and the asymmetric tapered two-mode fiber, the modulation effect of the magnetic field on the effective refractive index of the LP 01 and LP 11 modes is realized, so that the spectral signal output by the fiber interferometer is modulated by the magnetic field vector , constitute a fiber optic vector magnetic field sensor. The invention is an all-fiber magnetic field sensor with low transmission loss and high stability, and can realize high-sensitivity magnetic field vector sensing measurement.

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Magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber magnetic field sensors, in particular to a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The magnetic field is a special invisible and invisible substance, and is widely present in nature. In modern science and technology and human life, the measurement of magnetic fields has important significance, especially in the fields of power grids, navigation and positioning, biomedicine, navigation and spaceflight, geological prospecting, geophysical, military engineering and the like. The magnetic field sensor is a core device for acquiring magnetic field information. The magnetic field can be measured either directly or indirectly, and other physical quantities such as current, displacement, refractive index, etc. can be converted into a magnetic field. The conventional electric magnetic field measurement system usually uses an active metal probe, and has the main disadvantages that: the structure is complex, the volume is relatively large, the electromagnetic signal interference is easy to occur, and the device cannot be applied to severe environments such as high temperature and high pressure. Therefore, the conventional electric magnetic field sensor cannot satisfy the accuracy in the magnetic field detection and the general requirements.
Aiming at the defects of the electric sensor, the outstanding advantages of the optical fiber magnetic field sensor provide a better solution in the aspect of magnetic field detection. With the rapid development of the optical fiber sensing technology, the optical fiber magnetic field sensor uses optical fibers as media, and utilizes the magneto-optical characteristics of magneto-optical materials to modulate the characteristic parameters of intensity, phase, wavelength and the like of optical signals to realize high-precision sensing of a magnetic field. The magnetofluid is a novel magnetosensitive functional material, and is combined with an optical fiber sensing technology, so that high-sensitivity measurement of the magnetic field intensity is realized.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor and a preparation method thereof. The structure has the characteristics of easy multiplexing, high stability, corrosion resistance and the like of a conventional optical fiber magnetic field sensor, and has the advantage of high sensitivity of an interference structure. Meanwhile, the measurement of the magnetic field direction is realized by utilizing the position asymmetry of the sensor relative to the optical fiber axis and the obvious directional dependence provided by the refractive index modulation region.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
the magnetofluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor comprises a glass capillary, wherein the glass capillary is sleeved in an optical fiber interferometer, the middle section of the optical fiber interferometer is a conical area, the central line of the conical area corresponds to the central line of the glass capillary, the glass capillary is filled with a nano magnetofluid material, and two ends of the glass capillary are sealed by optical ultraviolet glue.
Two ends of the two-mode optical fiber of the optical fiber interferometer are respectively welded with the input single-mode optical fiber and the output single-mode optical fiber without core deviation and tapered by flame.
The nano magnetic fluid material is water-based magnetic fluid.
The optical ultraviolet glue is UV-6183.
A method for manufacturing a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor comprises the following steps:
1) manufacturing an optical fiber interferometer:
using an FSP-80s fusion splicer to respectively weld the two ends of the two-mode optical fiber with the input single-mode optical fiber and the output single-mode optical fiber without core deviation, and tapering the two-mode optical fiber sections through flame tapering to form the micro-nano optical fiber with the taper zone length of 16mm and the waist diameter of 14 mu m; temporarily fixing the optical fiber on a glass slide, moving the optical fiber to a femtosecond micromachining platform, focusing laser on a cladding at the waist diameter of the tapered two-mode optical fiber, and engraving a refractive index modulation region with the length of 100 mu m, so that the optical fiber interferometer is manufactured;
3) coating with nano magnetic fluid material:
sleeving a glass capillary tube with the length of 80mm and the inner diameter of 500 mu m outside the optical fiber interferometer with two tensioned ends; filling the nano magnetic fluid material into the glass capillary by utilizing the capillary phenomenon; finally, sealing two ends of the glass capillary tube by using optical ultraviolet glue to prevent the nano magnetic fluid material from overflowing or evaporating; thus, the optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor is manufactured.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the compact optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor based on the magnetic fluid and the tapered two-mode optical fiber has high sensitivity, the wavelength sensitivity can reach 719.8pm/mT, and the intensity sensitivity can reach 1.1 dB/mT. The position asymmetry structure relative to the optical fiber axis is formed by femtosecond laser lithography, so that obvious directional dependence is reflected, and the simultaneous measurement of the size and the direction of a magnetic field by the optical fiber magnetic field sensor is realized.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram of an experimental apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a graph of the response of a sensor to the magnitude of a magnetic field.
FIG. 5 is a graph of the response of a sensor to the direction of a magnetic field.
Wherein, 1 is an optical fiber interferometer; 2 is a cone-shaped zone; 3 is a glass capillary; 4 is nano magnetic fluid material; 5 is optical ultraviolet glue.
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The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and examples.
As shown in fig. 1, the all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor coated with the magnetic fluid comprises a glass capillary tube 3, wherein the glass capillary tube 3 is sleeved in an optical fiber interferometer 1, the middle section of the optical fiber interferometer 1 is a conical region 2, the central line of the conical region 2 corresponds to the central line of the glass capillary tube 3, the glass capillary tube 3 is filled with a nano magnetic fluid material 4, and two ends of the glass capillary tube 3 are sealed by optical ultraviolet glue 5.
Two ends of two mode optical fibers of the optical fiber interferometer 1 are respectively welded with the input single mode optical fiber and the output single mode optical fiber without core deviation and tapered by flame.
The nano magnetic fluid material (4) is water-based magnetic fluid, and the particle density at normal temperature is 1.18 g/cm3The saturation magnetic field strength was 200 Oe.
The optical ultraviolet glue (5) is colorless liquid capable of being rapidly solidified, and the normal use temperature is-40 ℃ to-100 ℃.
The sensing mechanism is as follows:
light can only excite LP when being input into the two-mode optical fiber from the common single-mode optical fiber01LP for mode, but two-mode fibers tapered to tens of um diameter11The mode is excited a little, in order to further enhance the excitation, the femtosecond laser is focused on the cladding at the waist diameter of the tapered two-mode optical fiber to etch a refractive index modulation region, and a position asymmetry structure relative to the optical fiber axis is formed. Excited LP01And LP11The two modes generate interference when leading out a single mode, and the coupling effect of an evanescent field between the magnetic material and the asymmetric conical two-mode optical fiber is used for realizing the magnetic field to LP01And LP11The modulation effect of the effective refractive index of the mode enables the spectral signal output by the optical fiber interferometer to be modulated by the magnetic field vector, and the optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor is formed.
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In order to verify the advantageous effects of the present invention, the inventors conducted experiments using the present invention. The magnetic field vector testing system device adopting the optical fiber magnetic field sensor is shown in fig. 3, light emitted by the broadband light source SLD passes through the optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor to generate an interference spectrum, and then the interference spectrum is received by the spectrometer OSA. The optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor is fixed on the adjusting bracket, the magnetic field generating device generates a uniform magnetic field, the sensing part of the optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor is placed in the uniform magnetic field, and the teslameter is used for monitoring the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device in real time. And the intensity and the direction of the magnetic field of the optical fiber vector magnetic field sensor are accurately controlled by adjusting the magnitude of the power supply voltage and the angle of the rotating platform respectively. Under different sizes and directions of the magnetic field, interference spectrums received by the spectrograph are different, and the interference spectrum curves have obvious response to the size and the direction of the magnetic field strength according to the graphs in the fig. 4 and the fig. 5, which shows that the sensor is completely feasible for sensing the magnetic field vector.
The central wavelength of the SLD broadband light source is 1550nm, and the output light power is 20 mW; the magnetic field generating device is used for generating a magnetic field of 0-20.0 mT.

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1.一种磁流体包覆的全光纤矢量磁场传感器制作方法,包括玻璃毛细管(3),玻璃毛细管(3)套入光纤干涉仪(1),光纤干涉仪(1)中段为锥状型区(2),锥状型区(2)中线对应玻璃毛细管(3)中线,玻璃毛细管(3)内填充纳米磁流体材料(4),玻璃毛细管(3)两端由光学紫外胶(5)密封,其特征在于,磁流体包覆的全光纤矢量磁场传感器的制作包括以下步骤:1. A method for manufacturing a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor, comprising a glass capillary tube (3), the glass capillary tube (3) being sheathed in an optical fiber interferometer (1), and the middle section of the optical fiber interferometer (1) being a cone-shaped region (2), the center line of the cone-shaped area (2) corresponds to the center line of the glass capillary (3), the glass capillary (3) is filled with nano-magnetic fluid material (4), and both ends of the glass capillary (3) are sealed by optical UV glue (5). , is characterized in that, the manufacture of the all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor coated with magnetic fluid comprises the following steps: 1)制作光纤干涉仪:1) Making a fiber optic interferometer: 使用FSP-80s熔接机将两模光纤两端分别与输入单模光纤、输出单模光纤无偏芯熔接,并通过火焰拉锥对两模光纤段进行拉锥形成锥区长度为16mm、腰径为14μm的微纳光纤;将光纤临时固定在载玻片上移到飞秒微加工平台,将激光聚焦在锥形两模光纤腰径处的包层处刻出长度为100μm的折射率调制区,至此,光纤干涉仪制作完成;Use FSP-80s fusion splicer to splicing the two ends of the two-mode fiber with the input single-mode fiber and the output single-mode fiber without eccentric core respectively. It is a 14μm micro-nano fiber; temporarily fix the fiber on a glass slide and move it to a femtosecond micromachining platform, focus the laser on the cladding at the waist diameter of the tapered two-mode fiber, and carve a refractive index modulation region with a length of 100μm. So far, the fiber optic interferometer is completed; 3)纳米磁流体材料包覆:3) Nano magnetic fluid material coating: 将两端拉紧的光纤干涉仪外部套入一个长度为80mm,内径为500μm的玻璃毛细管;利用毛细现象,将纳米磁流体材料填充到玻璃毛细管之中;最后,采用光学紫外胶将玻璃毛细管两端密封,防止纳米磁流体材料溢出或者蒸发;至此,光纤矢量磁场传感器制作完成。A glass capillary tube with a length of 80 mm and an inner diameter of 500 μm is sheathed outside the fiber optic interferometer tensioned at both ends; the nano-magnetic fluid material is filled into the glass capillary tube by using the capillary phenomenon; finally, the two glass capillaries are separated by optical ultraviolet glue. The end is sealed to prevent the nano-magnetic fluid material from overflowing or evaporating; so far, the fiber-optic vector magnetic field sensor is completed. 2.根据权利要求1所述的一种磁流体包覆的全光纤矢量磁场传感器制作方法,其特征在于,所述的纳米磁流体材料(4)是平均直径为5nm的四氧化铁颗粒借助于表面活性剂弥散基液中形成的稳定胶体溶液。2 . The method for manufacturing a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the nano-magnetic fluid material ( 4 ) is iron tetroxide particles with an average diameter of 5 nm. 3 . A stable colloidal solution formed in a surfactant-dispersed base fluid. 3.根据权利要求1所述的一种磁流体包覆的全光纤矢量磁场传感器制作方法,其特征在于,所述的光学紫外胶(5)为高韧性、耐冷热冲击的UV-6183,在波长为365nm--400nm的紫外线光照射下6s。3. The method for manufacturing a magnetic fluid-coated all-fiber vector magnetic field sensor according to claim 1, wherein the optical UV glue (5) is UV-6183 with high toughness and thermal shock resistance, Under the irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 365nm--400nm for 6s.
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