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Sagnac-type optical fiber gyroscope having depolarizers of differing lengths

US5347354A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Aerospace AG · DE

Inventors

Reinhard Muller · Baden, CH
Engelbert Hartl · Munich, DE
Gert Trommer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 1992
Grant date	Sep 13, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C19/721
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sagnac-type fiber optic gyroscope in which depolarizers are connected to both ends of the fiber coil and are then connected with the outputs of a 3.times.3 directional coupler.

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