function [accelerometer] = initializeZAxisAccelerometer(args)
      arguments
          args.mass (1,1) double {mustBeNumeric, mustBePositive} = 1e-3 % [kg]
          args.freq (1,1) double {mustBeNumeric, mustBePositive} = 5e3  % [Hz]
      end

      %%
      accelerometer.m = args.mass;

      %% The Stiffness is set to have the damping resonance frequency
      accelerometer.k = accelerometer.m * (2*pi*args.freq)^2;

      %% We set the damping value to have critical damping
      accelerometer.c = 2*sqrt(accelerometer.m * accelerometer.k);

      %% Gain correction of the accelerometer to have a unity gain until the resonance
      accelerometer.gain = -accelerometer.k/accelerometer.m;

if exist('./mat', 'dir')
    if exist('./mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'file')
        save('mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'accelerometer', '-append');
    else
        save('mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'accelerometer');
    end
elseif exist('./matlab', 'dir')
    if exist('./matlab/mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'file')
        save('matlab/mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'accelerometer', '-append');
    else
        save('matlab/mat/accelerometer_z_axis.mat', 'accelerometer');
    end
end