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Fiber optic gyroscopes

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Optical Fiber Sensor Technology

Part of the book series: Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing ((OISS,volume 2))

Abstract

Because of the richness of the technology involved, and the size of the market in which it can compete, the fiber optic gyroscope has acquired an uncommonly devoted following. It was first experimentally demonstrated in 1976 [1] and the first products became available in the early 1990s [2–7]. The first flight qualified fiber gyro products have been for attitude, heading, and reference systems (AHRS) applications which typically have performance requirements in the neighborhood of 1° h−1 drift rates, 500 ppm scale factor accuracy, and an angle random walk coefficient (RWC) of 0.05° h1/2 (the RWC being defined as the r.m.s. angular error accumulated after integrating the gyro output for 1 h due to the presence of white noise). The fiber gyro has also been aggressively pursued for applications in both the low cost rate sensing and inertial grade navigation markets, but the introduction of products into these markets has been slower due to somewhat less favorable cost/performance tradeoffs.

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    K. T. V. Grattan (Professor of Measurement and Instrumentation Head) & B. T. Meggitt (Visiting Professor) (Professor of Measurement and Instrumentation Head) &  (Visiting Professor)

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Blake, J. (1998). Fiber optic gyroscopes. In: Grattan, K.T.V., Meggitt, B.T. (eds) Optical Fiber Sensor Technology. Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5787-6_9

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