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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sergey Alexandrovich Zotov, Glenville, NY (US);
Ansas Matthias Kasten, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yizhen Lin, Cohoes, NY (US);
Jason Harris Karp, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Albert Challener, Glenville, NY (US);
Aaron Jay Knobloch, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An accelerometer includes a controller, a light source operatively coupled to the controller, and a bifurcated waveguide coupled to the light source and configured to receive light output by the light source. The bifurcated waveguide includes a first waveguide portion and a second waveguide portion. The accelerometer also includes a first resonator operatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive light from the first waveguide portion, and a second resonator operatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive light from the second waveguide portion. The first resonator includes a first proof mass, and the second resonator includes a second proof mass.