학술논문

Characterization of Mass-Loaded Silicon Nitride On-Chip Resonators for Traceable Sensing of Low Amplitude Acceleration
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL) Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), 2022 IEEE International Symposium on. :1-4 May, 2022
Subject
General Topics for Engineers
Optical fibers
Accelerometers
Q-factor
Optical fiber sensors
Inertial sensors
Optical resonators
Resonant frequency
accelerometers
MEMS
resonators
optical fibers
Language
ISSN
2377-3480
Abstract
We report on the experimental characterization of a mass-loaded silicon nitride membrane-based resonator, which we investigate towards the development of accelerometers for small amplitude acceleration sensing at low frequencies. We experimentally demonstrate a ~1.1 ×10 −6 kg proof mass system achieving a 17,950 mechanical quality factor for a 526 Hz natural resonance frequency, which compares favorably to other optically interrogated on-chip accelerometers [1]–[3]. The inferred acceleration noise floor of the device is currently limited by the displacement noise of the optical fiber displacement readout, yielding a noise amplitude spectral density of $1{{\mu g/}}\sqrt {{\text{Hz}}} $ at 10 Hz.