Reduction of polarization-fluctuation induced drift in resonator fiber optic gyro by a resonator with twin 90° polarization-axis rotated splices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1677-1683

  Wang, Xijing ^a   He, Zuyuan ^a   Hotate, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GYROSCOPES; MODULATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RESONATORS;

FIBER SEGMENTS; LENGTH DIFFERENCE; LINEARLY POLARIZED; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBERS; RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYRO; STATE OF POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 75249090434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001677     Document Type: Article

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