A high-resolution microchip optomechanical accelerometer

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 768-772

  Krause, Alexander G ^a   Winger, Martin ^a   Blasius, Tim D ^a   Lin, Qiang ^b   Painter, Oskar ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION RESOLUTION; DISPLACEMENT RESOLUTION; INERTIAL NAVIGATIONS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPTICAL ACCELEROMETER; OPTICAL DETECTION; PIEZO ELECTRICS; ULTRA SENSITIVES; HIGH RESOLUTION;

BANDWIDTH; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 84868589149     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.245     Document Type: Article

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