MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors enable a vast range of applications:
among others, the use of MEMS accelerometers for seismology related applications has …

This paper reviews the research and development of micromachined accelerometers with a
noise floor lower than 1 µg/√ Hz. Firstly, the basic working principle of micromachined …

Laser interferometry is one of the most accurate measurement technologies whose
displacement resolution can reach the femtometer (fm) level. With the development of Micro …

The measurement of tiny variations in local gravity enables the observation of subterranean
features. Gravimeters have historically been extremely expensive instruments, but usable …

Traditional seismometers and gravimeters normally have large volumes and entail high
manufacturing costs. Aiming at the miniaturization of such geophysical instruments, a …

Gravimeters are used for measuring the local gravitational acceleration. The use of current
commercially available gravimeters, however, has been limited by their high cost and large …

In this paper, stability and mechanistic simulations for a four-beam-mass-based MEMS
gravimeter were conducted, and guidelines for the gravimeter design were proposed. Based …

Optical microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices are often used to measure
vibrations with exceedingly small amplitudes, which are extensively used in acceleration …

Physically meaningful signal extraction from sensors deployed in extreme environments
requires a combination of attenuation of confounding inputs and the removal of their residual …

The pendulum was first used in antiquity as an aid to time-keeping. Following the invention
of the pendulum clock it, became apparent that the length of a pendulum, required for it to …