Radiation performance of low bend-loss optical fiber for gyroscope applications

Author

Geisler, Tommy ; Jensen, R.V.S. ; Olsen, J.O. ; Palsoditer, B. ; Fini, John ; LuValle, M. ; Friebele, E.J.

Author_Institution

OFS, Brondby, Denmark

fYear

2014

fDate

5-8 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this presentation we will describe the effect of radiation on a low bend loss, polarization maintaining (PM) fiber for an interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG). Our experimental design for exploring radiation effects incorporated unusual steps up and down in temperature during irradiation in order to further elucidate the radiation darkening mechanism. While the experiments showed that the fiber was radiation hard, and the step had the desired effect of increasing the statistical precision of the model, it also showed the surprising result that in addition to accelerating the annealing of defects, increased temperature accelerates the formation of loss-causing defects during irradiation.

Keywords

fibre optic gyroscopes; optical fibre polarisation; optical losses; radiation hardening (electronics); IFOG; PM fiber; gyroscope; interferometric fiber optic gyroscope; low bend-loss optical fiber; polarization maintaining fiber; radiation darkening mechanism; radiation effects; radiation hardening; radiation performance; statistical precision; Annealing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Radiation effects; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Polarization maintaining fiber; Radiation sensitivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position, Location and Navigation Symposium - PLANS 2014, 2014 IEEE/ION

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3319-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.2014.6851349

Filename

6851349