Title :
Solid-state ring laser gyro with similar level of performance as its Helium-Neon counterpart
Author :
Schwartz, Sylvain ; Gutty, François ; Feugnet, Gilles ; Pocholle, Jean-Paul
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol. France, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Thanks to fast vibration of its gain medium, a solid-state ring laser gyro is shown to have a frequency behaviour similar to Helium-Neon commercial products, with potentially equivalent level of angular random walk.
Keywords :
Backscatter; Feedback loop; Frequency response; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Ring lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
