• DocumentCode
    970843
  • Title

    Low-drift fibre gyro using a superluminescent diode

  • Author

    Böhm, K. ; Marten, P. ; Petermann, K. ; Weidel, E. ; Ulrich, R.

  • Author_Institution
    AEG-Telefunken, Forschungsinstitut, Ulm, West Germany
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    352
  • Lastpage
    353
  • Abstract
    By using a superluminescent diode as the light source and a depolariser inside the fibre coil, a constant scale factor is achieved without using polarisation control elements. For long-term behaviour an RMS-bias drift of 10 degrees/h is obtained.
  • Keywords
    fibre optics; gyroscopes; light emitting diodes; LED; Sagnac-phase shift; depolariser; drift 10 degrees/h; fibre coil; long-term behaviour; low drift fibre gyro; optical fibre gyroscopes; superluminescent diode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810248
  • Filename
    4245717
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=970843