Performance limitation of a coupled resonant optical waveguide gyroscope

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Terrel, Matthew A ^a   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled resonant optical waveguide (CROW); Fiber optic gyroscope (FOG)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FOG; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ROTATION; WAVEGUIDES;

CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; COUPLED RESONANT OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE (CROW); FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE (FOG); GROUP VELOCITIES; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITIES; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; PHASE BIAS; RING COUPLINGS; RING RESONATORS; ROTATION RATES;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 61649087920     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927753     Document Type: Article

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