Whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer

Fourguette, Dominique Claire; Otugen, M Volkan; Larocque, Liane Marie; Ritter, Greg Aan; Meeusen, Jason Jeffrey; Ioppolo, Tindaro

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Title: Whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer

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A whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer provides for receiving laser light into an optical fiber, operatively coupling the laser light from the optical fiber into a whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator, operatively coupling a spring of a spring-mass assembly to a housing structure; and locating the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator between the spring-mass assembly and the housing structure so as to provide for compressing the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator between the spring-mass assembly and the housing structure responsive to a dynamic compression force from the spring-mass assembly responsive to a motion of the housing structure relative to an inertial frame of reference.

Inventors:: Fourguette, Dominique Claire; Otugen, M Volkan; Larocque, Liane Marie; Ritter, Greg Aan; Meeusen, Jason Jeffrey; Ioppolo, Tindaro

Issue Date:: Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Michigan Aerospace Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (USA)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1133626

Patent Number(s):: 8743372

Application Number:: 13/226,466

Assignee:: Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, MI); Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
G01V1/18 - Receiving elements, e.g. seismometer, geophone {or torque detectors, for localised single point measurements}

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DOE Contract Number:: FG02-08ER85099

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Fourguette, Dominique Claire, Otugen, M Volkan, Larocque, Liane Marie, Ritter, Greg Aan, Meeusen, Jason Jeffrey, and Ioppolo, Tindaro. Whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Fourguette, Dominique Claire, Otugen, M Volkan, Larocque, Liane Marie, Ritter, Greg Aan, Meeusen, Jason Jeffrey, & Ioppolo, Tindaro. Whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer.  United States.

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                    Fourguette, Dominique Claire, Otugen, M Volkan, Larocque, Liane Marie, Ritter, Greg Aan, Meeusen, Jason Jeffrey, and Ioppolo, Tindaro. Tue .  
        "Whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1133626.

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  abstractNote = {A whispering-gallery-mode-based seismometer provides for receiving laser light into an optical fiber, operatively coupling the laser light from the optical fiber into a whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator, operatively coupling a spring of a spring-mass assembly to a housing structure; and locating the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator between the spring-mass assembly and the housing structure so as to provide for compressing the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator between the spring-mass assembly and the housing structure responsive to a dynamic compression force from the spring-mass assembly responsive to a motion of the housing structure relative to an inertial frame of reference.},

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Light beam scanning pen, scan module for the device and method of utilization patent, August 1999

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Fiber optic accelerometer patent, November 2006

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Geophone springs
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Seismometers
patent, July 1981

Method and means for measuring geophone parameters
patent, October 1981

Delta-shaped geophone spring
patent, November 1986

Force motor, multiple, parallel element linear suspension
patent, December 1988

Passive balance system for machines
patent, April 1999

Circular plate spring
patent, June 1999

Light beam scanning pen, scan module for the device and method of utilization
patent, August 1999

Seismometer
patent, December 1999

Suspension arrangement for semiconductor accelerometer
patent, May 2001

Apparatus for positioning and cushioning a rotor of a fan motor
patent, May 2002

Optical microcavity resonator sensor
patent, December 2003

Internally shock caged serpentine flexure for micro-machined accelerometer
patent, March 2006

Internally shock caged serpentine flexure for micro-machined accelerometer
patent, April 2006

Fiber optic accelerometer
patent, November 2006

Microresonator-based high-performance high-pressure sensor and system
patent, July 2007

Movable lens mechanism
patent, October 2007

Coupling light into microresonators
patent, June 2008

Microresonator-based high-performance high-pressure sensor and system
patent, October 2008

Detecting and/or measuring a substance based on a resonance shift of photons orbiting within a microsphere
patent, February 2009

Method of coupling light into microresonators
patent, May 2009

MEMS inertial shock bandpass filter
patent, July 2009

Micro-optical wall shear stress sensor
patent, April 2010

Simple fiber optic seismometer for harsh environments
patent, May 2010

Monolithic capacitive transducer
patent-application, May 2008

Micro-Optical Wall Shear Stress Sensor
patent-application, July 2008

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patent-application, July 2009

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