Abstract

The first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) accelerometer using direct transverse forces is demonstrated by fixing the FBG by its two ends and placing a transversely moving inertial object at its middle. It is very sensitive because a lightly stretched FBG is more sensitive to transverse forces than axial forces. Its resonant frequency and static sensitivity are analyzed by the classic spring-mass theory, assuming the axial force changes little. The experiments show that the theory can be modified for cases where the assumption does not hold. The resonant frequency can be modified by a linear relationship experimentally achieved, and the static sensitivity by an alternative method proposed. The principles of the over-range protection and low cross axial sensitivity are achieved by limiting the movement of the FBG and were validated experimentally. The sensitivities 1.333 and $0.634\mathrm{nm}/\mathrm{g}$ were experimentally achieved by 5.29 and 2.83 gram inertial objects at 10 Hz from 0.1 to 0.4 g ($\mathrm{g}=9.8\mathrm{m}/{\mathrm{s}}^2$), respectively, and their resonant frequencies were around 25 Hz. Their theoretical static sensitivities and resonant frequencies found by the modifications are $1.188\mathrm{nm}/\mathrm{g}$ and 26.81 Hz for the 5.29 gram one and $0.784\mathrm{nm}/\mathrm{g}$ and 29.04 Hz for the 2.83 gram one, respectively.

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