Novel Polarization-Rotating Fiber Resonator For Rotation Sensing Applications

G. A. Sanders; R. B. Smith; G. F. Rouse

doi:10.1117/12.963055

13 February 1990 Novel Polarization-Rotating Fiber Resonator For Rotation Sensing Applications

G. A. Sanders, R. B. Smith, G. F. Rouse

Proceedings Volume 1169, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors VII; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963055
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

A novel fiber resonator architecture is presented, employing a 90 deg rotation of the polarization within the birefringent fiber ring. In principle, this concept provides a temperature-independent separation of the resonance dips corresponding to the two resonant polarization states in the ring. The technique thus avoids gross thermally driven errors encountered in the use of ordinary polarization-maintaining rings for resonator fiber-optic gyros. Data from an experimental polarization-rotating ring at 1.3 μm wavelength demonstrates greatly improved thermal stability in the presence of typical imperfections of a practical device.

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G. A. Sanders, R. B. Smith, and G. F. Rouse "Novel Polarization-Rotating Fiber Resonator For Rotation Sensing Applications", Proc. SPIE 1169, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors VII, (13 February 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963055

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