DocumentCode
1456076
Title
Characterization of an open-loop interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope with the Sagnac coil closed by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author
Liaw, Chin-Yi ; Zhou, Yan ; Lam, Yee-Loy
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Volume
16
Issue
12
fYear
1998
fDate
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2385
Lastpage
2392
Abstract
This paper reports the performance of an open-loop interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) that closes the sensing coil into a reentrant configuration. Preliminary results have shown a 6.56-fold increase in rotation response factor at a rate of 5°/s over a conventional gyroscope using the same fiber length and light source. The dynamic range is tunable by changing the gain of the EDFA
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; fibre optic gyroscopes; light interferometers; light sources; optical tuning; EDFA gain; Sagnac coil; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; fiber length; light source; open-loop interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope; reentrant configuration; rotation response factor; sensing coil; tunable dynamic range; Coils; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gyroscopes; Light sources; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Sagnac interferometers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.736607
Filename
736607
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