Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer
Patent
1987-03-23
1990-05-01
McGraw, Vincent P.
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
Utilizing a spectrometer
372 94, G01C 1964
Patent
active
049213547
ABSTRACT:
A phase locked passive ring resonator gyroscope comprising a fixed frequency reference signal generator (Fm); a single piece body having laser and passive resonator cavities; a laser means using the laser resonator cavity responsive to a laser control signal from a laser servo for providing a single frequency light source (F0) for frequency modulating the single frequency light source to form a light source (F0) and having respective upper and lower side bands at frequencies F0+Fm and at F0-Fm; first and second voltage controlled oscillator means responsive to respective first and second control signal for frequency shifting the first and second frequency modulated ray center frequencies by a first and second variable offset frequencies to form a propagating and counterpropagating light sources; the second resonator cavity being a passive high Q evacuated cavity; a detector means for detecting a first offset frequency error signal and for detecting a second offset frequency error signal; cavity servo means responsive to the first and second offset frequency error signals from the detector means for providing, a first control signal to the first voltage controlled oscillator means for frequency shifting the first frequency modulated ray by a first variable offset frequency to maintain the propagating light beam in the second resonator at peak resonance and to provide a second control signal to the second voltage controlled oscillator means for frequency shifting the second frequency modulated ray by a second variable offset frequency (F2) to control and maintain the counterpropagating light beam (FCCW) at peak resonance; means for constantly adjusting the passive cavity path length servo signal to keep the passive cavity at peak resonance at a frequency substantially mid-range between the propagating and the counterpropagating beams; output counter means for measuring and outputting the frequency difference between the first variable offset frequency (F1) and the second variable offset frequency (F2), the measured frequency difference representing the difference in frequency due to an input gyro body rate about the gyro sensitive axis.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4673293 (1987-06-01), Sanders
Hamann H. Fredrick
Kirk James F.
McGraw Vincent P.
Montanye George A.
Rockwell International Corporation
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