Title :
Precision Rotation Sensing and Interferometry Using Slow Lght
Author :
Shahriar, M.S. ; Pati, Gour ; Gopal, Venkatesh ; Tripathi, Renu ; Cardoso, George ; Pradhan, Prabhakar ; Messal, Mary ; Nair, Ranjit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
We show how a combination of pulsed and CW excitation enhance the sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a Sagnac rotation sensor by the group index, which can be as high as ten million
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical sensors; rotation measurement; self-induced transparency; CW excitation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Sagnac rotation sensor; interferometry; precision rotation sensing; Optical buffering; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Probes; Sagnac interferometers; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549171
