Title :
Waveguide-type optical passive ring-resonator gyro using time-division detection scheme
Author :
Iwatsuki, K. ; Saruwatari, M. ; Kawachi, M. ; Yamazaki, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Take, Japan
fDate :
5/25/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An optical passive ring-resonator gyro is demonstrated using a waveguide ring-resonator and a conventional distributed feedback laser diode. A novel detection technique for the Sagnac effect based on a time-division switching scheme is also proposed.
Keywords :
angular measurement; distributed feedback lasers; fibre optic sensors; gyroscopes; laser cavity resonators; measurement by laser beam; semiconductor junction lasers; Sagnac effect; distributed feedback laser diode; inertial rotation measurement; optical passive ring-resonator gyro; time-division detection scheme; waveguide ring-resonator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890465
