{"id":356,"date":"2023-11-30T22:17:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/lasso\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2024-03-16T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T06:00:21","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"356\" class=\"elementor elementor-356\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ade70 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5ade70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae008d5 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"ae008d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1.75em;flex-wrap: nowrap;align-items: center;gap: 2em;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 0px;flex-basis: 0px\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem\">In the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Laboratory of Space Systems and Optomechanics (LASSO)<\/span>&nbsp;at the University of Arizona, we focus on designing and developing&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: bold\">inertial sensors<\/span>&nbsp;with application in distinct fields such as gravitational-wave astronomy and space geodesy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem\">Our group research is centered in:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Novel optomechanical inertial sensing technologies.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Optical precision measurements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">System characterization and signal processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem\">LASSO members are also part of international collaborations such as the&nbsp;<em>Laser Interferometer Space Antena \u2013 LISA Consortium<\/em>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em>Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory \u2013 LIGO Scientific Collaboration<\/em>, where we contribute to the characterization and development of ground and space-based observatories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 0px;align-self: center;width: 403px;flex-basis: 0px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1059\" style=\"border-width: 0px;border-style: initial;vertical-align: bottom;border-radius: inherit\" src=\"https:\/\/lasso.engr.tamu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2021\/09\/Picture1-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\"><p><\/p>\n<figcaption style=\"margin-top: 0.5em;margin-bottom: 1em\">The image shows the accelerometer combining both optomechanical resonator and interferometer.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" style=\"height: 0px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: initial;border-bottom-style: solid;border-bottom-color: initial;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">The accelerometer is comprised mainly of two parts:<br>\n1. Opto-mechanical resonator<br>\n2. Interferometer<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-container-8 wp-block-columns alignwide\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1.75em;flex-wrap: nowrap;align-items: center;gap: 2em;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-5 wp-elements-2b1a999028006815180716cc8e66ed7c wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color\" style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 0px;flex-basis: 0px;background-color: #e7eaee;color: #000000;padding: 2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 25px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.5;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">OPTOMECHANICS<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"height: 0px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: initial;border-bottom-style: solid;border-bottom-color: initial;background-color: #000000\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;clear: both\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992\" style=\"border-width: 0px;border-style: initial;vertical-align: bottom;border-radius: inherit\" src=\"https:\/\/lasso.engr.tamu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2022\/06\/Picture1.gif\" alt=\"Resonator\" width=\"422\" height=\"305\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Optomechanics<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px;font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--normal)\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Resonator is a core sensing element of the accelerometer vibrating at certain frequency according to acceleration.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">For our lab prototype, we have achieved test mass of 1g, total sensor mass &lt;30 g,<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Higher the quality-factor, higher is the accelerations sensitivity. We have achieved a Q-factor up to few millions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">We have measured displacement resolution in 10<span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;top: -0.5em\">-16<\/span>&nbsp;m \/ \u221aHz&nbsp;at higher frequencies., which translates to acceleration resolution &lt;100 ng\/ \u221aHz&nbsp;over a bandwidth of 10 kHz.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">We study new materials and fabrication methods for resonators; design, model and fabricate the resonators for compact sensing technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 is-horizontal is-content-justification-center wp-block-buttons alignfull\" style=\"gap: 0.5em;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;justify-content: center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\" style=\"max-width: none;width: 339px;flex-basis: 100%\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" style=\"background: 0px 0px #000000;color: #000000;cursor: pointer;text-align: center;width: 339px;border-radius: 0px !important\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/research\/\">Know more\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-container-7 wp-elements-aa6e227bacfb30f1467017199f3897e5 wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color\" style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 0px;flex-basis: 0px;background-color: #e7eaee;color: #000000;padding: 2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 25px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">LASER INTERFEROMETER<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-wide\" style=\"height: 0px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: initial;border-bottom-style: solid;border-bottom-color: initial\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;clear: both\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" style=\"border-width: 0px;border-style: initial;vertical-align: bottom;border-radius: inherit\" src=\"https:\/\/lasso.engr.tamu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2021\/09\/CompactInterferometer-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Interferometer including beam splitter, quarter wave plate &amp; prisms<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px;font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--normal)\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Interferometer is type of device which uses LASER to measure test mass displacement of resonators.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">We design and fabricate compact and highly sensitive interferometers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Optical interferometer avoids the induction of electric signal noise that is common in accelerometers and MEMS with a capacitive electrostatic readout.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">We also work on system characterization and signal processing of the signals and noise reduction for optical precision measurements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-container-6 is-horizontal is-content-justification-center wp-block-buttons alignfull\" style=\"gap: 0.5em;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;justify-content: center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\" style=\"max-width: none;width: 339px;flex-basis: 100%\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" style=\"background: 0px 0px #000000;color: #000000;cursor: pointer;text-align: center;width: 339px;border-radius: 0px !important\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/research\/\">Know more\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">For more information, visit&nbsp;<a style=\"background: 0px 0px;color: #006bb8\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/research\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">research<\/span>&nbsp;<\/a>page :<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #1d2280;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;margin-bottom: 0.5rem;margin-top: 0.2rem;font-size: 2.3125rem;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-style: normal\">Applications:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Our accelerometers are ideal for space applications due to<br>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 40px\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle\">Compatible materials and simple robust geometry<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle\">Cost-effective, smaller and light weight<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle\">Redundancy: dual test mass approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">There&nbsp;are&nbsp;many&nbsp;applications&nbsp;for&nbsp;inertial&nbsp;sensing,&nbsp;particularly,&nbsp;low&nbsp;frequency&nbsp;inertial&nbsp;sensing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Geodesy, Gravimetry, Seismometry, quantum and fundamental physics.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">We are also implementing them in&nbsp;<a style=\"background: 0px 0px;color: #006bb8\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/application\/inertial-navigation-system-gf-ins\/\">Inertial navigation system<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Some other applications are in mineral exploration, oil &amp; gas but certainly, underwater navigation and detection of underground structures. They give you a gravitational signal that you can measure with the instruments sensitive enough at low frequencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-container-13 wp-block-columns alignwide\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1.75em;flex-wrap: nowrap;align-items: center;gap: 2em;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-10 wp-elements-824adf878083476edad8af18d5298992 wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color\" style=\"flex-grow: 1;min-width: 0px;flex-basis: 0px;background-color: #e7eaee;color: #000000;padding: 2em\">\n<p id=\"single\" class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 25px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Gravitational Wave detection<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"height: 0px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: initial;border-bottom-style: solid;border-bottom-color: initial;background-color: #000000\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;clear: both\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211\" style=\"border-width: 0px;border-style: initial;vertical-align: bottom;border-radius: inherit\" src=\"https:\/\/lasso.engr.tamu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/2016\/11\/LISA-waves-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Artist rendering of the LISA Space Telescope\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Artist rendering of the Lisa Space Telescope<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px;font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--normal)\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Gravitational-wave detectors are one of the most sensitive devices, capable of measuring minuscule vibrations in the spacetime of the order of 10<span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;top: -0.5em\">-23<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Ground and space-based observatories such as LIGO and LISA require the constant monitoring of external perturbations to their systems to acquire such great sensitivity<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Our compact, monolithic, high-sensitive accelerometers are suitable for the task of monitoring external noise or the system\u2019s motion for its correct alignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-container-9 is-horizontal is-content-justification-center wp-block-buttons alignfull\" style=\"gap: 0.5em;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;justify-content: center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button 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style=\"margin-bottom: 28px;margin-left: 40px;font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--normal)\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Geodesy refers to the measurement of the shape, orientation, and gravitational field of the Earth. Space missions like InSight and GRACE-FO use highly sensitive accelerometers for geodesy-related studies.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Our accelerometers possess sensitivities comparable to such instruments, with the advantage of being smaller and lighter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-container-11 is-horizontal is-content-justification-center wp-block-buttons alignfull\" style=\"gap: 0.5em;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;justify-content: center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\" style=\"max-width: none;width: 339px;flex-basis: 100%\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" style=\"background: 0px 0px #000000;color: #000000;cursor: pointer;text-align: center;width: 339px;border-radius: 0px !important\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/application\/space-geodesy-planet-exploration\/\">Know more\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.6;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;color: #222222;font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">For more information, visit&nbsp;<a style=\"background: 0px 0px;color: #006bb8\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/application\/\">applications<\/a>&nbsp;page:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the&nbsp;Laboratory of Space Systems and Optomechanics (LASSO)&nbsp;at the University of Arizona, we focus on designing and developing&nbsp;inertial sensors&nbsp;with application in distinct fields such as gravitational-wave astronomy and space geodesy. Our group research is centered in: Novel optomechanical inertial sensing technologies. Optical precision measurements. System characterization and signal processing. LASSO members are also part of international collaborations such as the&nbsp;Laser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/lasso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}