The early history of the closed loop fiber optic gyro and derivative sensors at McDonnell Douglas, Blue Road Research and Columbia Gorge Research

被引：1

作者：

Udd, Eric ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Columbia Gorge Res LLC, Fairview, OR 97024 USA

来源：

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS XIII | 2016年 / 9852卷

关键词：

fiber gyro; Sagnac interferometer; rotation; acoustic; strain; distributed sensing; secure communication;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2228277

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

On September 29, 1977 the first written disclosure of a closed loop fiber optic gyro was witnessed and signed off by four people at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company in Huntington Beach, California. Over the next ten years a breadboard demonstration unit, and several prototypes were built. In 1987 the fundamental patent for closed loop operation began a McDonnell Douglas worldwide licensing process. Internal fiber optic efforts were redirected to derivative sensors and inventions. This included development of acoustic, strain and distributed sensors as well as a Sagnac interferometer based secure fiber optic communication system and the new field of fiber optic smart structures. This paper provides an overview of these activities and transitions.

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