Fiber Optic Gyroscopes with Depolarized Light.

Abstract

The present invention relates to fiber optic gyroscopes, and in particular to the use of depolarized light in fiber optic gyroscopes without input polarizers, and to the use of ordinary non-polarization preserving fiber in the gyro coil.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 1992
Accession Number
ADD015569

Entities

People

  • Alan D. Kersey
  • R. P. Moeller
  • W. K. Burns

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Gyroscopes
  • Inventions
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.