Frequency modulated lasers for interferometric optical gyroscopes
Author(s) -
Tin Komljenović,
Minh A. Tran,
Michael Belt,
Sarat Gundavarapu,
Daniel J. Blumenthal,
John E. Bowers
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.41.001773
Subject(s) - optics , interferometry , gyroscope , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , laser , ring laser gyroscope , frequency modulation , physics , modulation (music) , phase modulation , materials science , phase noise , computer science , radio frequency , telecommunications , acoustics , quantum mechanics
We study the use of frequency modulated lasers in interferometric optical gyroscopes and show that by exploiting various frequency modulation signals, the laser coherence can be controlled. We show that both angle random walk and bias stability of an interferometric optical gyroscope based on laser sources can be improved with this technique.
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