Abstract

Gravimeters are devices that can be used in a wide range of applications, such as mining, seismology, geodesy, archeology, geophysics and many others. These devices have great sensibility, which makes them susceptible to external vibrations like electromagnetic waves.

There are several technologies regarding gravimeters that are of use in industrial metrology. Optical fiber is immune to electromagnetic interference, and together with long period gratings can form high sensibility sensors of small size, offering advantages over other systems with different technologies.

This paper shows the development of an optical fiber gravimeter doped with Erbium that was characterized optically for loads going from 1 to 10 kg in a bandwidth between 1590nm to 1960nm, displaying a weight linear response against power. Later on this paper, the experimental results show that the previous described behavior can be modeled as characteristic function of the sensor.

Details

Title
Erbium Doped Fiber Optic Gravimeter
Author
Pérez-Sánchez, G G 1 ; Pérez-Torres, J R 2 ; Flores-Bravo, J A 3 ; Álvarez-Chávez, J A 3 ; Martínez-Piñón, F 3 

 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Av. San Pablo 180, Reynosa Tamaulipas, Azc. México City 02200. 
 Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Coacalco Av. 16 de Septiembre 54, Cabecera Municipal, Coacalco de Berriozábal, México. 55700. 
 Centro de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica-IPN, Cerrada de Cecati S/N, Santa Catarina, Azc. México City. 02250. 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Jan 2017
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2571901130
Copyright
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