Ultra-magnetic field sensitive magnetoelectric composite with sub-pT detection limit at low frequency enabled by flash photon annealing

Mahesh Peddigari, Kyoohee Woo, Sung Dae Kim, Min Sub Kwak, Jae Won Jeong, Jee Hyun Kang, Seung Hyun Lee, Jung Hwan Park, Kwi Il Park, Venkateswarlu Annapureddy, Jongmoon Jang, Yuho Min, Cheol Woo Ahn, Jong Jin Choi, Byung Dong Hahn, Woon Ha Yoon, Jungho Ryu, Geon Tae Hwang

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Abstract

An ultra-sensitive magnetic field detector is demonstrated in a bilayer magnetoelectric (ME) composite structure employing a flash photon annealing (FPA) treated amorphous Metglas (FeBSi) alloy and piezoelectric single crystal macro fiber composites (SFC). A millisecond FPA annealing approach altered the magnetostrictive and mechanical properties of Metglas by annealing at a high temperature without inducing severe embrittlement. The ME composite (MEC) fabricated with FPA-treated Metglas (FPA-MEC) exhibited an enhanced ME coupling coefficient (at a resonance condition ~47% and at an off-resonance condition ~52%) relative to that of untreated Metglas based ME composite (pristine MEC), owing to the improved magnetic flux concentration/piezo-magnetic coefficient and reduced resonance loss in Metglas. This led to the realization of an ultra-sensitive magnetic field sensor with a direct detection limit of 0.5 pT [1 order improved performance compared to the pristine MEC (sensing limit of 5 pT)] at an extremely low resonance frequency condition (< 100 Hz). The obtained results demonstrate a feasible way to design magnetic sensors for detecting bio-magnetic and extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic fields under ambient conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106598
JournalNano Energy
Volume90
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Flash photon annealing (FPA)
  • Limit of detection
  • Magnetic sensitivity
  • Magnetoelectric
  • Nanocrystallization

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