Silicon photonics characterization platform for gyroscopic devices

Miguel Ángel Guillén-Torres; Maan Almarghalani; Elie H. Sarraf; Michael Caverley; Nicolas A. F. Jaeger; Edmond Cretu; Lukas Chrostowski

doi:10.1117/12.2075051

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25 September 2014 Silicon photonics characterization platform for gyroscopic devices

Miguel Ángel Guillén-Torres, Maan Almarghalani, Elie H. Sarraf, Michael Caverley, Nicolas A. F. Jaeger, Edmond Cretu, Lukas Chrostowski

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Proceedings Volume 9288, Photonics North 2014; 92880U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2075051
Event: Photonics North 2014, 2014, Montréal, Canada

Abstract

Large-area silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ring resonators, to be used as optical gyroscopes, have been designed and fabricated using an e-beam process. To characterize the devices, an automated turntable stage with an embedded high resolution gyroscope has been built. Its large payload capacity allows for safe rotation of a temperature-controlled opto-mechanical setup. A field programmable gate array interface has been implemented for mechanical actuation and signal acquisition. Various rotation schemes have been implemented to characterize the apparatus and devices. The turntable exhibits a bandwidth of 0.54 Hz, and minimum and maximum repeatable angular rates of 27 and 74.3 degrees per second (dps), with a maximum associated angular rate noise level of 2 dps.

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Miguel Ángel Guillén-Torres, Maan Almarghalani, Elie H. Sarraf, Michael Caverley, Nicolas A. F. Jaeger, Edmond Cretu, and Lukas Chrostowski "Silicon photonics characterization platform for gyroscopic devices", Proc. SPIE 9288, Photonics North 2014, 92880U (25 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2075051

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