Numerical and experimental investigation of an optical high-Q spiral resonator gyroscope

Author

Ciminelli, C. ; Dell´Olio, F. ; Campanella, C.E. ; Armenise, M.N.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Lab., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An integrated optical gyroscope based on a passive silica-on-silicon resonator with a footprint of about 20 cm² is reported in this paper. The optical characterization of the cavity has been carried out and the main experimental results are discussed. We derive the sensor performance in terms of minimum detectable angular velocity (or resolution) δΩ, underlining also the impact of the insertion loss in the silica-on-silicon device. Finally, we describe some technical approaches for improving the resolution.

Keywords

fibre optic gyroscopes; integrated optics; optical resonators; insertion loss; integrated optical gyroscope; minimum detectable angular velocity; optical characterization; optical high-Q spiral resonator gyroscope; passive silica-on-silicon resonator; sensor performance; silica-on-silicon device; Gyroscopes; Integrated optics; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; integrated optics; optical characterization; optical gyroscopes; optoelectronic sensors; optoelectronics; resonant photonic devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coventry

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2228-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254463

Filename

6254463