Southern Methodist University

Michigan Aerospace Corporation

Bruce Gnade

Dominique Claire Fourguette

Volkan Otugen

An optical motion sensor includes a substrate, a whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator disposed on the substrate, a mass-spring-damper system disposed on the substrate proximate to a first side of the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator, and a waveguide or optical fiber. The whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator has a substantially circular cross-section. A gap separates an end of the mass-spring-damper system from the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator. The waveguide or optical fiber abuts a second side of the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator that is substantially opposite to the first side.

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Lewisville, TX, United States of America

Bruce Gnade