Fiber-optic gyroscopes based on photonic-crystal fibers

Authors

  • Haider Ali Muse Kharkiv national university of radio electronics ave. Lenina 14, Kharkov, 61000, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2015.37799

Keywords:

fiber optical gyroscope, photonic crystal fiber, Sagnac effect

Abstract

Over the last few decades optical fibers have been widely deployed in navigation industries owing to their special performance as the best light guidance. Fiber-optic gyroscope is one of the applications of optical fibers dependent mainly on the Sagnac effect. It is of important applications in the field of space navigation. In the Fiber-optic gyroscope, an optical fiber is used as the medium of propagation for the light. A long fiber cable is winded into loops in order to increase the effective area of the system. Two beams are again propagating through the fiber in opposite directions. Due to the Sagnac effect, the beam travelling against the rotation experiences a slightly shorter path delay than the other beam. The resulting differential phase shift is measured through interferometry, thus translating one component of the angular velocity into a shift of the interference pattern which is measured photometrically.

Author Biography

Haider Ali Muse, Kharkiv national university of radio electronics ave. Lenina 14, Kharkov, 61000

Postgraduate student

Faculty of electronic engineering

Department of Physical Foundations of Electronic Engineering

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2015-02-26

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Ali Muse, H. (2015). Fiber-optic gyroscopes based on photonic-crystal fibers. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 1(5(73), 25–31. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2015.37799

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Vol. 1 No. 5(73) (2015): Applied physics. Materials Science

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