High-Q spiral resonator for optical gyroscope applications: Numerical and experimental investigation

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1844-1854

  Ciminelli, Caterina ^a   Dell'Olio, Francesco ^a   Armenise, Mario N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gyroscopes; Integrated optics; Optical resonators

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; POLARIZATION; RESONATORS; SILICA; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COUPLING TUNING; EIGENSTATES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; MICROMETER SCALE; MICROOPTICAL; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POLARIZATION NOISE; PROPAGATION LOSS; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SENSING ELEMENTS; SPIRAL RESONATORS; THERMAL DRIFTS; THERMAL STABILIZATION; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER; TYPICAL VALUES;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 84928170885     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2218098     Document Type: Article

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