Inertial measurement with trapped particles: A microdynamical system

We describe an inertial measurement device based on an electrodynamically trapped proof mass. Mechanical constraints are replaced by guiding fields, permitting the trap stiffness to be tuned dynamically. Optical readout of the proof mass motion provides a measurement of acceleration and rotation,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Post, E. Rehmi, Popescu, Gabriel, Gershenfeld, Neil A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Bits and Atoms
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67023
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-5777