A differential magnetoelectric heterostructure: Internal noise reduction and external noise cancellation

Abstract

A differential heterostructure design which has a capability to reduce the internal noise and reject the external vibration noise for Metglas magnetostrictive foils/Pb(Zr, Ti)O3 piezofiber based-magnetoelectric (ME) laminated composite has been studied. The internal noise reduction is equivalent to that offered by sensor array stacks, and the external noise cancellation is based on a differential method (i.e., ME signal is in-phase but vibration noise is anti-phase). The ability of the structure to reduce the internal noise, and cancel the external vibration noise by a 10-fold attenuation factor, allows for practical applications of these sensors in real-world environments where contamination of magnetic signals by external vibrational noise increases the equivalent magnetic noise.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 02, 2015
Source ID
10.1063/1.4936263

Entities

People

  • D. Viehland
  • Jiefang Li
  • Yaojin Wang

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.