Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer
Patent
1990-03-19
1991-09-17
Turner, Samuel
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
Utilizing a spectrometer
332144, G01C 1972
Patent
active
050489623
ABSTRACT:
An optical gyro includes: an optical propagation path in cooperation with a rotation axis, for propagating a pair of light beams therethrough simultaneously clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively, and causing a phase difference of light based on Sagnac effect; an optical system optically coupled to the optical propagation path, for effecting a generation, a distribution or coupling, a polarization, a frequency shift and a phase modulation of light beams and transducing a light beam indicating the phase difference of light into a corresponding electric signal to output a photoelectric output signal; and a signal processing circuit operatively connected to the optical system. The signal processing circuit effects a digital demodulation for the photoelectric output signal to obtain a signal proportional to an angular velocity with respect to the rotation axis, thereby realizing a stable phase modulation and an improvement in characteristics of the optical gyro. Also, it is possible to expand a maximum range of detection of the input angular velocity.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4765739 (1988-08-01), Koizumi et al.
Hayakawa Yoshiaki
Kurokawa Akihiro
Murayama Naoshi
Mitsubishi Precision Co., Ltd.
Turner Samuel
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