Reentrant fiber raman gyroscope

Details Reentrant fiber raman gyroscope Reentrant fiber raman gyroscope

1988-04-06

1990-08-28

McGraw, Vincent P.

Optics: measuring and testing

By dispersed light spectroscopy

Utilizing a spectrometer

G01B 902

Patent

active

049520598

ABSTRACT:
A re-entrant fiber optic interferometer comprises an optical fiber, forming a loop for recirculating an optical signal in the loop. The loop of optical fiber comprises an active material which emits photons at a first wavelength and responds to pumping in a second wavelength. Signal light at the first wavelength is input to the loop for circulation therein, and pump light at the second wavelength is input to the loop to optically pump the active material to emit light at the first wavelength. The invention also includes a multiplexing coupler which has different coupling ratios for the pump light and the signal light, such that only a fraction of the signal light is coupled out of the loop on each circulation about the loop, but substantially all of the pump light is coupled out of the loop after a single circulation, thereby suppressing pump phase noise in the loop.

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