Title :
DC fibre-optic accelerometer with sub-μg sensitivity
Author :
Bucholtz, Frank ; Kersey, A.D. ; Dandridge, A.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
Abstract :
We describe a fibre-optic accelerometer, based on the technique of nonlinear displacement-to-strain conversion (NDSC), suitable for use at DC and low frequencies. The sensor exhibits a minimum detectable acceleration of less than 1 μg RMS (g = 9.8 m/s2) at 0.5 Hz and a linear dynamic range greater than 106.
Keywords :
accelerometers; fibre optic sensors; DC fibre-optic accelerometer; NDSC; linear dynamic range; low frequencies; minimum detectable acceleration; nonlinear displacement-to-strain conversion; sensitivity sub-micro-g;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860307
