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The proposed approach is based on the concept of mechanically-modulated optical feedback interferometry, a technique that has shown displacement measurement capabilities well within the nanometric scale and that, due to its size, compactness and low cost, may be a suitable choice for measuring nanometric motions in cantilever-like sensors. It will be shown that the sensor, in its current state of development, is capable of following a cantilever sinusoidal trajectory at different sets of frequencies ranging up to 200 Hz and peak to peak amplitudes up to     \u03bb \/ 2     with experimental resolutions in the     \u03bb \/ 100     range.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16070997","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,29]],"date-time":"2016-06-29T17:03:22Z","timestamp":1467219802000},"page":"997","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Microcantilever Displacement Measurement Using a Mechanically Modulated Optical Feedback Interferometer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Francisco","family":"Azcona","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)-UPC BarcelonaTech, Rambla St. Nebridi 10, Terrassa E-08222, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ajit","family":"Jha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)-UPC BarcelonaTech, Rambla St. Nebridi 10, Terrassa E-08222, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Y\u00e1\u00f1ez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)-UPC BarcelonaTech, Rambla St. Nebridi 10, Terrassa E-08222, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Reza","family":"Atashkhooei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)-UPC BarcelonaTech, Rambla St. Nebridi 10, Terrassa E-08222, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Santiago","family":"Royo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)-UPC BarcelonaTech, Rambla St. Nebridi 10, Terrassa E-08222, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"930","DOI":"10.1103\/PhysRevLett.56.930","article-title":"Atomic Force Microscope","volume":"56","author":"Binning","year":"1986","journal-title":"Phys. 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