Depolarized interferometer fiber optic gyro with improved polarization error suppression

Clarence L. Laskoskie; Bogdan Szafraniec; W. Trammell

doi:10.1117/12.141236

5 March 1993 Depolarized interferometric fiber-optic gyro with improved polarization error suppression

Clarence L. Laskoskie, Bogdan Szafraniec, W. Trammell

Proceedings Volume 1795, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors X; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141236
Event: Fibers '92, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We describe sources of polarization errors in depolarized IFOGs and methods for enhancing their suppression. A test-gyro circuit and associated experimental results showing 0.1 degree/hour (one-sigma) open-loop bias stability over a thermally dynamic environment are presented.

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Clarence L. Laskoskie, Bogdan Szafraniec, and W. Trammell "Depolarized interferometric fiber-optic gyro with improved polarization error suppression", Proc. SPIE 1795, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors X, (5 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141236

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