Patent ID: 7802474

Claim:
An accelerometer comprising: a fiber optic laser wherein strain applied to said fiber optic laser results in a shift in an emission wavelength of said fiber optic laser; and a transducer joined to said fiber optic laser such that said fiber optic laser extends laterally across said transducer, acceleration of said transducer in a predefined direction being capable of causing strain in said fiber optic laser; wherein said fiber optic laser has a center portion; and said transducer includes a base extending along said fiber optic laser and provided rigidity of said transducer in at least one direction perpendicular to the predefined direction, and a plurality of flaps, each of said plurality of flaps having a first end and a second end, joined at the first end to the base and supporting said fiber optic laser at the second end, the flaps being capable of translating acceleration in the predefined direction to strain in said fiber optic laser.