A high-stability fiber amplifier source for the fiber optic gyroscope

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1689-1694

  Wagener, Jefferson L ^b   Digonnet, Michel J F ^b   Shaw, Herbert J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium materials devices; Fluorescent materials devices; Gyroscopes; Laser stability; Light sources; Optical fiber amplifiers; Stimulated emission

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES (FOG);

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 0031237849     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.622895     Document Type: Article

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