Sensitivity enhancement of Faraday effect based heterodyning fiber laser magnetic field sensor by lowering linear birefringence.

In this paper, we demonstrate that the sensitivity of Faraday effect based heterodyning fiber laser sensors for magnetic field can be effectively enhanced by lowering the intrinsic linear birefringence inside the fiber laser cavity. Well explained by theoretical analysis and confirmed by birefringence tuning through transversal force, it shows that the sensitivity to magnetic field intensity is inversely proportional to the linear birefringence. A CO(2)-laser treatment is therefore proposed to tune the intra-cavity linear birefringence. With CO(2)-laser treatment, the intra-cavity linear birefringence can be lowered permanently to effectively enhance the sensitivity of a heterodyning fiber laser sensor to magnetic field.

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