Analysis of Kerr effect in resonator fiber optic gyros with triangular wave phase modulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 529-535

  Ying, D ^a   Demokan, M S ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Jin, W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; RESONATORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CONVENTIONAL SINGLE-MODE FIBERS; COUNTER-PROPAGATING BEAM; HOLLOW CORE-PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; INTENSITY SPLITTING RATIOS; KERR NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYRO;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 76749151393     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000529     Document Type: Article

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