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Laser frequency noise limited sensitivity in a resonator optic gyroscope

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In this article, the laser frequency noise limited sensitivity in a resonator optic gyroscope due to an intermodulation effect was first demonstrated and a bias stability of 0.055 deg/s was best demonstrated in a Resonator micro-optic Gyroscope.
Abstract
The laser frequency noise limited sensitivity in a resonator optic gyroscope due to an intermodulation effect is first demonstrated. A bias stability of 0.055 deg/s is best demonstrated in a resonator micro optic gyroscope.

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Recent advances in miniaturized optical gyroscopes

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Development and Evaluation of Optical Passive Resonant Gyroscopes

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Resonator fiber optic gyro with high backscatter-error suppression using two independent phase-locked lasers

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Performance of resonator fiber optic gyroscope using external-cavity laser stabilization and optical filtering

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Effect of intensity variation of laser in resonator integrated optic gyro.

TL;DR: The effect of intensity variation of the laser is mathematically formulized, analyzed, and experimentally validated, to the first time, and it can be concluded that the effect ofintensity variation has a high correlation with the nonzero bias between the clockwise and counterclockwise resonant frequency.
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Planar glass waveguide ring resonators with gain

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Resonator fiber optic gyro employing a polarization-rotating resonator

TL;DR: In this article, a novel fiber optic resonator employing a 90 degree polarization rotation was developed to reduce polarization related bias errors of the resonator fiber optic gyro, which achieved better bias stability than 0.4 deg/hr, random walk of 0.1 deg/root-hr, and day to day absolute bias stability of 10deg/hr.
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