Personal reflections on fiber optic gyros mid-1970s to the present

Eric Udd; Ingrid Udd Scheel

doi:10.1117/12.2513227

14 May 2019 Personal reflections on fiber optic gyros mid-1970s to the present

Eric Udd, Ingrid Udd Scheel

Proceedings Volume 11000, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XVI; 1100008 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513227
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Since the early days of flight gyroscopes have acted as a key enabling technology for stabilization and guidance of aircraft and rockets. Mechanical gyros were the first to be used. They suffered from repeated failures and were aggressively replaced by ring laser gyros beginning in the late 1970s. Almost in parallel with the introduction of ring laser gyros, the first solid state gyros based on fiber optics began their development, at about the same time I began working on fiber sensors at McDonnell Douglas. This paper summarizes thoughts on the past, present and future of fiber optic gyros.

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Eric Udd and Ingrid Udd Scheel "Personal reflections on fiber optic gyros mid-1970s to the present", Proc. SPIE 11000, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XVI, 1100008 (14 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513227

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