Magnetoelectric gradiometer with enhanced vibration rejection efficiency under H-field modulation

Abstract

A magnetoelectric (ME) gradiometer consisting of two Metglas/Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 fiber-based sensors has been developed. The equivalent magnetic noise of both sensors was first determined to be about 60 pT/√Hz while using an H-field modulation technique. The common mode rejection ratio of a gradiometer based on these two sensors was determined to be 74. The gradiometer response curve was then measured, which provided the dependence of the gradiometer output as a function of the source-gradiometer-normalized distance. Investigations in the presence of vibration noise revealed that a ME gradiometer consisting of two ME magnetometers working under H-field modulation was capable of significant vibration rejection. The results were compared to similar studies of ME gradiometers operated in a passive working mode. Our findings demonstrate that this active gradiometer has a good vibration rejection capability in the presence of both magnetic signals and vibration noise/interferences by using two magnetoelectric sensors operated under H-field modulation.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 09, 2018
Source ID
10.1063/1.5017726

Entities

People

  • Chung Ming Leung
  • D. Viehland
  • Jiefang Li
  • Junran Xu
  • Margo Staruch
  • Peter Finkel
  • Xin Zhuang

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research Global
  • United States Naval Research Laboratory
  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.