Ultra-sensitive laser-enabled accelerometer could find its way into consumer products

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As any smartphone aficionado knows, the accelerometer is one of the key sensors within the device – it allows the phone to know when, by how much, and in what direction it’s been moved. Accelerometers also have many other applications, being major components of things like navigation systems, various automotive systems, and image stabilization systems in cameras. Now, researchers from the California Institute of Technology are developing a laser-based accelerometer, that they claim should offer much better performance than is currently possible... Continue Reading Ultra-sensitive laser-enabled accelerometer could find its way into consumer products

Section: Electronics

Tags: Accelerometers, Caltech, Laser

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