title: Prospects for enhancement of Ring Laser Gyroscopes using gaseous media.
abstract: The most successful Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLGs) are gas-laser based. It has been recently shown that the type of anomalous dispersion associated with fast light, when present inside an RLG, can increase its scale factor. We evaluate several proposed methods for realizing this appropriate dispersion in gas media, theoretically and experimentally. We find linear gas media in general to be unsuitable for this purpose, with mixed prospects for nonlinear effects.
authors.affiliation: Honeywell Aerospace Advanced Technology, Plymouth, MN 55441, USA. Mary.Salit@Honeywell.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salit
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bauhahn
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D005740:Gases