Fundamental characteristics of semiconductor ring laser gyroscopes

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作者
Taguchi, K [1 ]
Fukushima, K
Ishitani, A
Ikeda, M
机构
[1] Fukuyama Univ, Fac Engn, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 72902, Japan
[2] Fukuyama Univ, Dept Elect, Fukushima, Japan
关键词
semiconductor ring laser; Sagnac effect; gyroscope; beat detection; lock-in phenomenon;
D O I
10.1002/1520-6416(200009)132:4<73::AID-EEJ9>3.0.CO;2-E
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Semiconductor ring lasers have many capabilities of realizing new functional devices. In this paper, we propose a novel optical inertial rotation sensor using a semiconductor ring laser. If a semiconductor ring laser operates as an optical inertial rotation sensor, a very small and simple optical gyroscope can be realized. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of a semiconductor ring laser gyroscope (S-RLG). Experimental results are as follows. (1) The Sagnac frequency shift can be detected as a beat note by the terminal voltage change of the semiconductor ring laser without branching the circulating optical power. Therefore, the S-RLG system can be constructed very simply as compared with already proposed optical gyroscopes. (2) The detected beat frequency between two counterpropagating lasers in the S-RLG is directly proportional to the applied rotation rate. (3) Furthermore, we present data demonstrating the injection locking phenomenon around low rotation rate. These results verify that the proposed S-RLG operates as an optical inertial rotation sensor based on the Sagnac effect. (C) 2000 Scripta Technica.
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页码:73 / 78
页数:6
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