Title :
Low drift and high sensitivity Fiber Optic Gyroscope using tunable VCSEL as optical source
Author :
Mateus, Carlos F R ; Sardeto, Camila D. ; Barbosa, Carmem Lúcia
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Estudos Avancados, IEAv/CTA, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Abstract :
Continuously tuned VCSEL is employed as optical source for a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) for the first time. Results show very low drift and are comparable to those obtained by systems employing superluminescent diodes (SLD).
Keywords :
fibre optic gyroscopes; light sources; superluminescent diodes; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; fiber optic gyroscope; optical source; superluminescent diodes; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Coherence; Gyroscopes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Sagnac interferometers; Superluminescent diodes; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; fiber optic gyroscope; tunable vcsel;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343255
