• DocumentCode
    422129
  • Title

    Loop of the rings: amplification of the phases of counter-propagating waves by a ring resonator in a Sagnac loop

  • Author

    Golub, I. ; Simova, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microstructural Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    A novel phase amplification technique using a ring resonator in a Sagnac interferometer is proposed. It can be used to increase birefringence and PMD measurements sensitivity and sensitivity of fiberoptic gyroscopes. Preliminary experiments are reported.
  • Keywords
    Sagnac interferometers; amplification; birefringence; fibre optic gyroscopes; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical resonators; PMD measurements; Sagnac interferometer; Sagnac loop; birefringence; counter-propagating wave phases amplification; fiberoptic gyroscopes; ring resonator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361596