Polarization-induced noise in resonator fiber optic gyro

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 6708-6717

  Ma, Huilian ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Yang, Zhihuai ^b   Yu, Xuhui ^a   Jin, Zhonghe ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Research Institute of Navigation Instrument   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GYROSCOPES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REFLECTION; RESONATORS; ROTATION; STABILITY; TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL FIBER RING RESONATORS; OUTPUT STABILITY; POLARIZATION AXIS; POLARIZATION CROSSTALK; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION FLUCTUATIONS; RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYRO; TEMPERATURE STABILITY;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84867009771     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006708     Document Type: Article

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