Integrated semiconductor laser rotation sensors

被引:14
作者
Laybourn, PJR [1 ]
Sorel, M [1 ]
Giuliani, G [1 ]
Donati, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
来源
INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES III | 1999年 / 3620卷
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10.1117/12.343745
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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 been designed and integrated with auxiliary coupled optical circuits to beat together the contra-rotating modes. The Sagnac effect predicts a beat frequency proportional to rotation rate, although no beat frequency has yet been observed. Calculations from theory predict a high lock-in frequency; improvements to the design and fabrication of the devices should reduce the lock-in frequency to a useful level.
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页数:10
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