Hybrid Integration of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes Operating in Harsh Environments

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作者
Bischel, William K. [1 ]
Kouchnir, Mikhail [1 ]
Bitter, Martin [1 ]
Yahalom, Ram [2 ]
Taylor, Edward W. [3 ]
机构
[1] Gener8 Inc, 535 Del Rey Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
[2] InFiber Technol, Sharon, MA 02067 USA
[3] Int Photon Consultants Inc, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 USA
关键词
Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope; IFOG; hybrid integration; radiation hardening;
D O I
10.1117/12.895249
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The development of the first fully integrated 4-channel fiber optic gyroscope "optical engine" is presented. The optical engine integrates the equivalent of more than 24 discrete optical components into a hybrid chip with a size of 67x11x3 mm. After the optical engine is spliced to fiber sensor coils, the performance of the gyroscope has been benchmarked to be equivalent to the performance of a navigation grade gyroscope fabricated with discrete components.
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