Kerr effect compensation for an interferometric fiber optic gyroscope
CA 2358397 A1 · Owner: Honeywell Inc. · Inventors: Bergh, Ralph A.; Blake, James N.; Sanders, Glen A.
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An interferometric fiber optic gyroscope having compensation electronics to virtually eliminate rotation rate sensing errors caused by Kerr effect in the IFOG due to differing intensities of the counter-propagating beams relative to each other. Compensation accounts for varying intensities of the beams due to all or some changes of: the light beam splitter ratio relative to temperature; fiber coil loss due to temperature and longevity; and the intensity of the light source because of age.
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- Filed November 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 16, 2019.
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