Radiation effects on opto-electronic devices for fiber-optic gyroscopes

Author

Dongfa, Ding ; Guojun, Liu ; Jing, Li ; Jianchun, Liu ; Peng, Lu

Author_Institution

Changchun Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changchun, China

fYear

2011

fDate

12-16 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

218

Abstract

The radiation effects of opto-electronic devices used in fiber-optic gyroscope are introduced in this paper. The radiation characteristics of opto-electronic devices are studied by performing total dose radiation experiment, and the influences of anti-radiation capability of opto-electronic devices on the performance of fiber-optic gyroscope are analyzed. The research results show that SLD (superluminescent diode) source, PIN detector, Y wave-guide and fiber optic coupler are not sensitive to the radiation of γ rays, while the polarization maintaining optical fiber is comparatively sensitive to radiation. It is found that C polarization maintaining optical fiber has the strongest anti-radiation capability to satisfy the space application demand of fiber-optic gyroscope.

Keywords

fibre optic gyroscopes; gamma-ray effects; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; photodetectors; superluminescent diodes; γ-ray radiation; PIN detector; Y waveguide; antiradiation capability; fiber optic coupler; fiber-optic gyroscopes; optoelectronic devices; polarization maintaining optical fiber; superluminescent diode; total dose radiation experiment; Detectors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Superluminescent diodes; fiber-optic gyroscope; opto-electronic device; polarization maintaining optical fiber; radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics Technology (AISOMT), 2011 Academic International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0794-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AISMOT.2011.6159357

Filename

6159357