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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Sensors Based on Magnetic Effects

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 480-4026/02
Abbreviation SBMJ
Course title Sensors Based on Magnetic Effects
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Ondřej Životský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Outline is focused into the following areas:

1. Hall effect sensors
2. Senzors based on magneto-resistance principle (AMR, GMR, etc.)
3. Fluxgate sensors
4. NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance)
5. SQUID
6. Giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) and asymmetric gigant magnetoimpedance (AGMI)
7. Magneto-optical senzors based on the Faraday and Kerr effects
8. Magneto-diodes aand magneto-transistors
9. Modern applications of magnetic sensors

Literature

TUMAŃSKI, Sławomir. Handbook of magnetic measurements. Series in sensors. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2011]. ISBN 978-1-4398-2951-6.

RIPKA, Pavel (ed.). Magnetic sensors and magnetometers. Boston: Artech House, c2001. ISBN 1-58053-057-5.

Advised literature

Papers in scientific journals like Sensors and Actuators B or Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.