
Optical Fiber Rotation Sensing
- 1st Edition - October 1, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: William K. Burns, Paul F. Liao, Paul Kelley
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 6 0 4 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 3 9 0 6 - 9
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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Request a sales quote- 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
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
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 390
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123960412
- eBook ISBN: 9780323139069
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William K. Burns
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Paul F. Liao
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