Modeling a multimode Sagnac interferometer: Application for an embarked fiber optic gyroscope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7003, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Medjadba, Hocine ^a   Lecler, Sylvain ^b   Simohamed, Lofty Mokhtar ^a   Chakari, Ayoub ^b  

^a Laboratory of Electronics and Optoelectronics Systems   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Gyroscope; Interference; Mode coupling; Multimode fiber; Optical sensor; Sagnac effect

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GYROSCOPES; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SENSORS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ELECTRICAL FIELDS; FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPE; GENERAL MODEL; GYROSCOPE; INTERFERENCE; MODE COUPLING; MULTI MODES; MULTIMODE FIBER; OPTICAL SENSOR; OUTPUT INTENSITY; ROTATION RATES; SAGNAC EFFECT; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TRANSFER MATRIX;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 50249130146     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.797844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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