The highly sensitive giant magneto-impedance effect in a solenoid containing a magnetic core of Fe36Co36Nb4Si4.8B19.2(FeCo-based) ribbon under a weak magnetic field(WMF) is presented in this paper.The FeCo-based amorphous ribbon is prepared by single roller quenching and annealed with Joule heat in a flowing nitrogen atmosphere.The giant magnetoimpedance effect in solenoid(GMIES) profiles are measured with an HP4294A impedance analyzer.The result shows that the GMIES responds to the WMF sensitively(as high as 1580 %/A·m 1).The high sensitivity can be obtained in a moderate narrow range of annealing current density(30-34 A/mm 2) and closely depends on the driven current frequency.The highest sensitivity(1580 %/A·m 1) is obtained when the FeCobased amorphous ribbon is annealed at 32 A/mm 2 for 10 min and then driven with an alterning current(AC) at the frequency of 350 kHz.The highly sensitive GMIES under the WMF may result from the multiple magnetic-anisotropic structure,which is induced by the temperature gradient produced during Joule-heating the ribbon.
