The Fiber-Optic Gyroscope, Third Edition

Hervé Lefèvre

This landmark work—considered by many in the field to be THE reference on fiber-optic gyroscopes (FOGs)—provides you with a complete and thorough system analysis of the FOG and remains unmatched by any other single source. Now in its third edition, this fully updated and authoritative book gives you access to all the details you need to know about optics, single-mode fiber optics and integrated optics to fully grasp the design rules of the FOG, helps you understand the concepts that have emerged as the preferred solutions to obtain a practical device, walks you through the advances that have occurred in the last five years since the previous edition was published and how they are implemented in the current FOGs. This third edition features new content on Allan variance, testing with optical coherence domain polarimetry, the Shupe effect and rare-Earth doped fiber ASE sources. This is a must-have reference for anyone working with FOGs, from students and academics learning about the device, to optoelectronics engineers and professionals needing to stay abreast of the current concepts and most recent advances.

Contents

Introduction; Principle of the Fiber-Optic Gyroscope; Reciprocity of a Fiber Ring Interferometer; Backreflection and Backscattering; Analysis of Polarization Non reciprocities with Broadband Source and High-Birefringence Polarization-Maintaining Fiber; Time Transience-Related Non reciprocal Effects; Truly Non reciprocal Effects; Scale Factor Linearity and Accuracy; Recapitulation of the Optimal Operating Conditions and Technologies of the I-FOG; Alternative Approaches for the I-FOG; Resonant Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (R-FOG); Conclusions.

About the Author

Hervé Lefèvre is chief scientific officer of iXBlue in France. He earned his doctorate in optics-photonics from the University of Paris-Orsay in 1979. His doctorate research was performed at Thales (formerly Thomson-CSF) Central Research Laboratory and his thesis subject was pioneering work on the fiber-optic gyroscope.

ISBN 13: 978-1-63081-862-3

ePub: 978-1-63081-863-0 • 500 pp.   $104 USD   £119 GBP

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