Fiber-optic gyroscope using an air-core photonic-bandgap fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5855 PART I, Issue , 2005, Pages 198-201

  Kim, H K ^a   Dangui, V ^a   Digonnet, M ^a   Kino, G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air core fiber; Faraday effect; Fiber optic gyroscope; Kerr effect; Photonic bandgap fiber; Rayleigh scattering; Shupe effect

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER OPTICS; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTICAL FILTERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR-CORE FIBER; FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPE; KERR EFFECT; PHOTONIC-BANDGAP FIBER; SHUPE EFFECT;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 28544433044     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.623788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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