Low Cost Laser Gyro.

Abstract

The contract was a design study to determine an optimum ring laser gyro size to be used for Army missile applications. As a result of the study, the details of which are presented in this document, a 20 cm path length laser gyro is recommended. The gyro will be operated with the infra-red transition. The lock-in compensation technique will be an alternating bias obtained by use of the transverse Kerr magneto-optic effect at one of the (magnetic) mirrors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA051675

Entities

People

  • F. Aronowitz
  • Joseph S. Killpatrick

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Equations
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Kerr Magneto-Optic Effect
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Mirrors
  • Magneto-Optic Effects
  • Mirrors
  • Missions
  • Phase Shift
  • Sine Waves
  • Square Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy