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Development of a MEMS Xylophone Bar Magnetometer Using Optical Interferometry for Detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Joseph Miragliotta ,
R. Osiander ,
J. L. Champion ,
D. A. Oursler  and
T.J. Kistenmacher
Joseph Miragliotta
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
R. Osiander
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
J. L. Champion
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
D. A. Oursler
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
T.J. Kistenmacher
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
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Abstract

We report the results of an optical interferometric study, which was designed to measure the magnetic-field induced displacement of a resonating xylophone bar MEMS magnetometer. The MEMS magnetometer is a Lorentz-force sensor, which transduces an alternating current and an orthogonal directed magnetic field into an alternating displacement of the xylophone bar. The Michelson interferometer system includes optics and electronics for active stabilization of the optical path length difference between the reference and sample beams. The active stabilization results in the ability to control or detect pathlength differences as small as ∼ 0.6 ×10−3 Å. With this level of operational sensitivity, the presence of a one nano Tesla magnetic field was found to produce a detectable bar displacement on the order of ∼10−3 Å. In addition to the high sensitivity, the interferometer photodetector displayed linear behavior over six decades of optical path length differences, which corresponded to a magnetic field dynamic range that spanned nano- to milli-Tesla amplitudes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 605: Symposium MM – Materials Science of Microelectromechanical Systems Devices II , 1999 , 217
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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