Affiliation:
1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Abstract
A broadband source-driven resonant fiber-optic gyroscope (RFOG) can reduce coherence-related noise, thus achieving a better sensitivity with a much simpler configuration than the traditional system with a coherent source. Its detection sensitivity, however, is still limited by the excess relative intensity noise (RIN) of the broadband source. In this paper, the RIN error mechanism in this broadband source-driven RFOG is revealed and countermeasures are presented. We demonstrate that the use of a high-finesse fiber-optic ring resonator and a high-frequency modulation-demodulation technique can reduce the RIN-induced error. It is indicated that the optimal modulation parameters can provide a RIN-induced error reduction of 6.1 dB, allowing the broadband source-driven RFOG to operate near the shot-noise-limited theoretical sensitivity. With the optimal high-frequency modulation-demodulation technique, an angle random walk of 0.0013°/√h is achieved with a 200-m-long fiber-optic ring resonator of 7.6 cm diameter. This is the best result reported to date, to the best of our knowledge, for fiber-optic gyroscopes of this size.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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14 articles.
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