title: Reduction of polarization-fluctuation induced drift in resonator fiber optic gyro by a resonator with twin 90 degrees polarization-axis rotated splices.
abstract: A method to suppress polarization-fluctuation induced drift in resonator fiber optic gyro (R-FOG) is demonstrated by a polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) resonator with twin 90 degrees polarization-axis rotated splices. By setting the length difference of the fiber segments between two 90 degrees polarization-axis rotated splicing points to a half of the beat-length of the fiber, a single eigen-state of polarization (ESOP) is excited with incident lightwave linearly polarized along the polarization-axis of the fiber. Compared to the previously reported resonator employing single 90 degrees polarization-axis rotated splice [1], in which two ESOPs are excited, our new scheme avoids the effect from the unwanted ESOP and thus suppresses the polarization-fluctuation induced drift in R-FOG output significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. wangxj@sagnac.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Xijing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zuyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hotate
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055096:Optical Devices; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers