We investigated the magnetoelectric properties of a new laminate composite material based on y+140°-cut congruent lithium niobate piezoelectric plates with an antiparallel polarized "headto-head" bidomain structure and metglas used as a magnetostrictive layer. A series of bidomain lithium niobate crystals were prepared by annealing under conditions of Li 2 O outdiffusion from LiNbO 3 with a resultant growth of an inversion domain. The measured quasi-static magnetoelectric coupling coefficient achieved |α E31 | = 1.9 V•(cm•Oe)-1. At a bending resonance frequency of 6862 Hz, we found a giant |α E31 | value up to 1704 V•(cm•Oe)-1. Furthermore, the equivalent magnetic noise spectral density of the investigated composite material was only 92 fT/Hz 1/2 , a record value for such a low operation frequency. The magnetic-field detection limit of the laminated composite was found to be as low as 200 fT in direct measurements without any additional shielding from external noises.
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