Capacitive Type Magnetoimpedance Effect In Piezoelectric-Magnetostrictive Composite Resonator

In this article, a significant capacitive type magnetoimpedance effect of piezoelectric-magnetostrictive (PM) composite resonator is presented at room temperature. The variations of relatively effective permittivity of the PM resonator with a dc magnetic field are responsible for the capacitive type magnetoimpedance effect. About 225% and 50% of magnetoimpedance have been achieved at anti-resonance and resonance frequencies of the PM resonator, respectively, which reveals a stronger magnetoelectric coupling at the anti-resonance frequency than that at the resonance frequency of the PM resonator. A detailed analysis also indicates that the magnetocapacitance and magnetoinduction effects of the resonator were originated from the variations of relatively effective permittivity of the resonator. More than 200% and 170% of magnetocapacitance and magnetoinduction were achieved at room temperature in the anti-resonance window, respectively, and also about 150% and 60% of capacitance and induction modulation were observed in the resonance window by applying the dc magnetic fields. The capacitive type magnetoimpedance effect is expected to be used in the design of magnetic-field-tuned ultrasonic transducer. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.