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Magnetic Sensor Applications: Status, Challenges and Perspectives

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 1580

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Dr. Stan Zurek

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School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ, UK
Interests: magnetic metrology; magnetic sensors; induction heating; electromagnetic devices
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Prof. Dr. Branko Koprivica

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Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac, 65 Svetog Save St., 32102 Čačak, Serbia
Interests: modelling of magnetic hysteresis; magnetic materials; electromagnetic machines; magnetic sensors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The topic of magnetic sensors remains at the forefront of research on electromagnetic technology and devices. All kinds of well-established sensor technologies are continually being improved, along with new types of sensors being developed as well. To aid further advancement in scientific, research, and industrial applications, the dissemination of technical progress is critical. Thus, we cordially invite you to submit papers related to any type of magnetic sensors. We look forward to receiving your papers, especially on subjects related to challenges and difficulties related to industrial and technical applications of magnetic sensors; cross-discipline types of problems are also welcome.

Dr. Stan Zurek
Prof. Dr. Branko Koprivica
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Keywords

  • induction coil
  • Hall effect
  • fluxgate
  • magneto-resistive and magneto-impedance
  • magnetoelastic
  • SQUID
  • proton resonance
  • electron spin
  • Faraday effect
  • Kerr effect
  • voltage and current transformers

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Ultra-Wideband Magneto-Optic B-Field Sensor
by Dong Ho Wu and Aaron M. Dougherty
Sensors 2026, 26(15), 4755; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26154755 - 27 Jul 2026
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Among the various types of magnetic field sensors, only a few can detect magnetic fields non-intrusively, and even fewer offer ultra-wideband capability with an extreme dynamic range. In this report, we present a magneto-optic B-field probe that can detect a magnetic field with [...] Read more.
Among the various types of magnetic field sensors, only a few can detect magnetic fields non-intrusively, and even fewer offer ultra-wideband capability with an extreme dynamic range. In this report, we present a magneto-optic B-field probe that can detect a magnetic field with negligible perturbation to the field it detects. The probe is compact and has a frequency bandwidth of DC to 2 GHz. Furthermore, this technique achieves a dynamic range that significantly exceeds 100 dB by utilizing different magneto-optic materials. The device is an intrinsic vector-field sensor that can measure the direction, amplitude, and phase of a time-varying magnetic field. It offers several advantages, including a compact size, high sensitivity, room-temperature operation, a wide dynamic range, and vector-sensing capabilities across a broad frequency range. These features make it suitable for a variety of applications, such as RF and microwave testing, extreme low-frequency applications, and biomedical uses. Full article
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Precessing Magnetic Particles as AC Magnetic Field Sensors
by A. T. M. Anishur Rahman
Sensors 2026, 26(11), 3438; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26113438 - 29 May 2026
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Electromagnetic waves are widely used including in defense, biomedicine, and fundamental science. Their efficient detection determines how we communicate, defend against adversaries, diagnose diseases and perform search and rescue operations. In this article, exploiting the precession of a levitated magnetic particle in vacuum, [...] Read more.
Electromagnetic waves are widely used including in defense, biomedicine, and fundamental science. Their efficient detection determines how we communicate, defend against adversaries, diagnose diseases and perform search and rescue operations. In this article, exploiting the precession of a levitated magnetic particle in vacuum, we show that weak electromagnetic waves down to the femtotesla level can be detected. It is also shown that such a sensor has a large dynamic range over a millitesla, is continuously tunable over many gigahertz and can detect frequencies with sub-hertz resolutions. The direction of arrival of the incoming electromagnetic wave can also be found relatively easily. Full article
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Design and Calibration of Multi-Featured Large H-Coil Sensor Intended for 2D and Rotational Measurements
by Stan Zurek and Dimitar Petsov
Sensors 2026, 26(15), 4726; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26154726 - 25 Jul 2026
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Dual H-coils are used for 2D and rotational measurements of magnetic field strength H. For precise measurements, they need to be constructed with a high level of orthogonality, which can be achieved by using a PCB (printed circuit board). This technology was [...] Read more.
Dual H-coils are used for 2D and rotational measurements of magnetic field strength H. For precise measurements, they need to be constructed with a high level of orthogonality, which can be achieved by using a PCB (printed circuit board). This technology was employed for designing and manufacturing a multi-feature H-coil with the following functions: two sensing coils (X and Y) on the same large PCB substrate (165 mm diagonal), controlled orthogonality for each turn of the sensing coils, suppressed sensitivity to the HZ component by eliminating the off-axis active area, thin former (0.75 mm nominal), sectioned design for accommodating B-coil wires so that the H-coil can be placed directly on the sample surface (demonstrated for the first time in the literature), stackable design enabling extrapolation of H towards sample surface, estimation of the order of magnitude of self-capacitance (demonstrated for the H-coils for the first time) and bandwidth (shown experimentally to hold up to 100 kHz), verification of sensitivity (calibration) in a long solenoid. Good agreement was obtained between sensitivity estimated from dimensions and from calibration (2% or better). The multiple features demonstrate the state-of-the-art collection of improvements as suggested separately in the literature before. Full article
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