Tunable mechanical monolithic horizontal accelerometer for low frequency seismic noise measurement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7478, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Acernese, F ^a,b   De Rosa, R ^b   Giordano, G ^b   Romano, R ^a,b   Barone, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Control; Folded pendulum; Michelson interferometer; Optical lever; Seismometer

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; FOLDED PENDULUM; FOLDED PENDULUMS; FORCE-FEEDBACK; GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; INTEGRATED LASER; LOW FREQUENCY; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL LEVER; OPTICAL READOUT; PRECISION MACHINING; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC NOISE; SENSITIVITY CURVES; TUNABILITIES; MICHELSON; SEISMOMETER;

ACCELEROMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; MACHINING; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MONITORING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PENDULUMS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; RESONANCE; SEISMOGRAPHS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; SENSORS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 71549155622     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.830258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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