Miniaturization of interferometric optical gyroscopes: a review

F Dell'Olio, T Natale, YC Wang… - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gyroscopes are inertial sensors whose field of application is rapidly expanding. The growing
interest in autonomous systems, CubeSats as well as their constellations, and unmanned …

Interferometric Optical Gyroscope Based on an Integrated Si3N4 Low-Loss Waveguide Coil

S Gundavarapu, M Belt, TA Huffman… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We describe the measurement and characterization of an interferometric optical gyroscope
that uses an integrated 3-m large-area silicon nitride waveguide coil with waveguide loss< …

Integrated optical driver for interferometric optical gyroscopes

MA Tran, T Komljenovic, JC Hulme, MJ Kennedy… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present the first chip-scale “integrated optical driver”(IOD) that can interrogate with a
sensing coil to realize an interferometric optical gyroscope. The chip comprises a light …

Aircraft-navigation-grade laser-driven FOG with Gaussian-noise phase modulation

J Chamoun, MJF Digonnet - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A laser-driven fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) is demonstrated with an angular random walk
noise of 5.5× 10^− 4 deg/√ h, a drift of 6.8× 10^− 3 deg/h, and an inferred scale-factor …

Reflection sensitivity of 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers epitaxially grown on silicon

AY Liu, T Komljenovic, ML Davenport, AC Gossard… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present measurements of relative intensity noise versus various levels of optical
feedback for 1.3 μm quantum dot lasers epitaxially grown on silicon for the first time. A …

Passive integrated optical gyroscope based on photonic crystal ring resonator for angular velocity sensing

M Mohammadi, S Olyaee, M Seifouri - Silicon, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we investigated the concept of the Sagnac effect in passive integrated optical
gyroscope base photonic crystal ring resonator for angular velocity sensing. This …

Pseudo-random-bit-sequence phase modulation for reduced errors in a fiber optic gyroscope

J Chamoun, MJF Digonnet - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Low noise and drift in a laser-driven fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) are demonstrated by
interrogating the sensor with a low-coherence laser. The laser coherence was reduced by …

Ultra-low loss large area waveguide coils for integrated optical gyroscopes

T Huffman, M Davenport, M Belt… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-Low Loss Large Area Waveguide Coils for Integrated Optical Gyroscopes Page 1 IEEE
PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, VOL. 29, NO. 2, JANUARY 15, 2017 185 Ultra-Low …

A low-drift laser-driven FOG suitable for trans-Pacific inertial navigation

JM Wheeler, MJF Digonnet - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a laser-driven fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) with an angle random walk of 0.9
mdeg/√ h, an Allan-deviation minimum of 4.9 mdeg/h, and an Allan-deviation maximum (or …

Three-axis interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with silica integrated coupler chip

Z Guo, J Jin, X Wang, N Song, J Song… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Chip-scale interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG) has caught growing attention for its
huge application potential in the low-cost consumer electronics market. In this article, a …