Optomechanical accelerometers for geodesy
arXiv:2209.03273 · doi:10.3390/rs14174389
Abstract
We present a novel optomechanical inertial sensor for low frequency applications and corresponding acceleration measurements. This sensor has a resonant frequency of 4.7Hz, a mechanical quality factor of 476k, a test mass of 2.6 gram, and a projected noise floor of approximately 5E-11 m s-2. per root-Hz at 1Hz. Such performance, together with its small size, low weight, reduced power consumption, and low susceptibility to environmental variables such as magnetic field or drag conditions makes it an attractive technology for future geodesy missions. In this paper, we present an experimental demonstration of low-frequency ground seismic noise detection by direct comparison with a commercial seismometer, anda data analysis algorithms for the identification, characterization, and correction of several noise sources.
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