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Optical Fiber Rotation Sensing

  • 1st Edition - October 1, 1993
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: William K. Burns, Paul F. Liao, Paul Kelley
  • Language: English

Optical Fiber Rotation Sensing is the first book devoted to Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyros (IFOG). This book provides a complete overview of IFOGs, beginning with a histor… Read more

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Optical Fiber Rotation Sensing is the first book devoted to Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyros (IFOG). This book provides a complete overview of IFOGs, beginning with a historical review of IFOG development and including a fundamental exposition of basic principles, a discussion of devices and components, and concluding with industry reports on state-of-the-art activity. With several chapters contributed by principal developers of this solid-state device, the result is an authoritative work which will serve as the resource for researchers, students, and users of IFOGs.

Key features

  • State-of-the-art industrial activity reports from British Aerospace, Hitachi, Japan Aviation Electronics, Litton Mitsubishi, and Photonectics
  • Excellent tutorial material to promote basic understanding as well full coverage of advanced theoretical and practical aspects of IFOGs
  • Developments allowing for the upgrading of IFOGs from a sensitive laboratory interferometer to a practical rotation sensor
  • The integration of IFOGs with other sensors into complete systems
  • A discussion of alternative forms of IFOGs
  • Present devices, applications, and projected future users

Readership

AUDIENCE: Research scientists and engineers in fiber optics sensor technology/ electrooptics, and advanced students in these areas.

Table of contents

Section I. Principles

1. Basic Principles of Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes

2. Polarization and Direfringence Effects

3. Signal Processing Techniques

Section II. Devices and Components

4. Closed-Loop Bulk-Optic Fiber Gyros

5. All Fiber Gyroscope

6. Polarization Control with PM Fiber

7. Integrated Optic Components and Digital-Processing Techniques

Section III. Sources and New Technology

8. Superluminescent Optical Sources for Sensor Applications

9. Broadband Rare-Earth Doped Fiber Laser Sources

10. Proton-Exchange Integrated Optical Components

Section IV. Industrial Activity

11. Industry Reports

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 2, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editors

WB

William K. Burns

Affiliations and expertise
Naval Research Laboratory, Wazhington, DC

PL

Paul F. Liao

Affiliations and expertise
Bell Communications Research Inc.

PK

Paul Kelley

Affiliations and expertise
Kaminow Lightwave Technologies

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