The fiber optic gyro 'adventure' at Photonetics, iXsea and now iXblue

Hervé C. Lèfevre; Adrien Steib; Alain Claire; Alex Sekeriyan; André Couderette; Anne-Laure Pointel; Annie Viltard; Antoine Bonnet; Arnaud Frénois; Arnaud Gandoin; Arnaud Laurent; Augustin Luton; Aurélie Galbès; Aurore Ecarnot; Benoît Cadier; Benoît Kerouanton; Bertrand Lhermitte; Brigitte Bonnafé; Carine Stuber; Carmen Ortiz; Cédric Moluçon; Chantal Allano; Charles Dunette; Christophe Ollivier; Clément Guyot; Clément Vercambre; Damien Ponceau; David Ramecourt; Elliot de Toldi; Emmanuelle Peter; Eric Ducloux; Eva Vassilakis; Fabien Colliou; Fabien Napolitano; Florence Lauvinerie; Frédéric Guattari; Gaëtan Fauquert; Gilles Mélin; Guillaume Hardy; Guillaume Lecamp; Henri Porte; Hervé Jaheny; Hugo Boiron; Jean-Jacques Bonnefois; Jean-Philippe Michel; Jean-Philippe Périot; Jérémie Pillon; Jérôme Hauden; Joachin Honthaas; Karl Aubry; Kévin Gauthier; Laurent Lablonde; Laurent Ly; Louis Lhomme; Luc Poulain; Marc Girault; Marco Mancini; Marie Goudron; Marie-Lise Duplaquet; Marilyne Bernasconi; Matthieu Collignon; Matthieu Dacheux; Maxime Rattier; Miguel Marta; Nicolas Faussot; Nicolas Grossard; Nicolas Pirrone; Olivier Jolly; Olivier Rabine; Pascal Guitton; Pascal Mollier; Pascal Simonpiétri; Pierre Buisson; Pierrick Cheiney; Priyoshi Chakma; Rachid Taibi; Robert Blondeau; Saloomeh Shariati; Sébastien Boisgontier; Sébastien Ferrand; Sébastien Keller; Sophie Huet; Stéphane Chouvin; Stéphane Meyer; Stéphane Puille; Stéphane Ustaze; Sylvain Bénard; Sylvain Clémenceau; Théo Laudat; Thérèse Guettler-Sergeant; Thibault Dos Santos; Thidakun Peou-Sanson; Thierry Robin; Thomas Buret; Thomas Loret; Thomas Villedieu; Valérie Ferreira; Van Dong Pham; Victor Rumoroso; Yves Paturel; Hervé J. Arditty

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13 May 2020 The fiber optic gyro 'adventure' at Photonetics, iXsea and now iXblue

Hervé C. Lèfevre, Adrien Steib, Alain Claire, Alex Sekeriyan, André Couderette, Anne-Laure Pointel, Annie Viltard, Antoine Bonnet, Arnaud Frénois, Arnaud Gandoin, Arnaud Laurent, Augustin Luton, Aurélie Galbès, Aurore Ecarnot, Benoît Cadier, Benoît Kerouanton, Bertrand Lhermitte, Brigitte Bonnafé, Carine Stuber, Carmen Ortiz, Cédric Moluçon, Chantal Allano, Charles Dunette, Christophe Ollivier, Clément Guyot, Clément Vercambre, Damien Ponceau, David Ramecourt, Elliot de Toldi, Emmanuelle Peter, Eric Ducloux, Eva Vassilakis, Fabien Colliou, Fabien Napolitano, Florence Lauvinerie, Frédéric Guattari, Gaëtan Fauquert, Gilles Mélin, Guillaume Hardy, Guillaume Lecamp, Henri Porte, Hervé Jaheny, Hugo Boiron, Jean-Jacques Bonnefois, Jean-Philippe Michel, Jean-Philippe Périot, Jérémie Pillon, Jérôme Hauden, Joachin Honthaas, Karl Aubry, Kévin Gauthier, Laurent Lablonde, Laurent Ly, Louis Lhomme, Luc Poulain, Marc Girault, Marco Mancini, Marie Goudron, Marie-Lise Duplaquet, Marilyne Bernasconi, Matthieu Collignon, Matthieu Dacheux, Maxime Rattier, Miguel Marta, Nicolas Faussot, Nicolas Grossard, Nicolas Pirrone, Olivier Jolly, Olivier Rabine, Pascal Guitton, Pascal Mollier, Pascal Simonpiétri, Pierre Buisson, Pierrick Cheiney, Priyoshi Chakma, Rachid Taibi, Robert Blondeau, Saloomeh Shariati, Sébastien Boisgontier, Sébastien Ferrand, Sébastien Keller, Sophie Huet, Stéphane Chouvin, Stéphane Meyer, Stéphane Puille, Stéphane Ustaze, Sylvain Bénard, Sylvain Clémenceau, Théo Laudat, Thérèse Guettler-Sergeant, Thibault Dos Santos, Thidakun Peou-Sanson, Thierry Robin, Thomas Buret, Thomas Loret, Thomas Villedieu, Valérie Ferreira, Van Dong Pham, Victor Rumoroso, Yves Paturel, Hervé J. Arditty

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Proceedings Volume 11405, Optical Waveguide and Laser Sensors; 1140505 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560791
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

Based on the experience acquired early from pioneering work at Stanford University and Thomson-CSF starting in the mid 70s, fiber optic gyro (FOG) R&D began at Photonetics in the late 80s to yield OCTANS, a FOG-based inertial strapdown system providing attitude and gyro compassing, at the end of the 90s. This FOG activity was spun out from Photonetics in October 2000 to create iXsea with only 16 people. The product line was rapidly expanded with PHINS, an inertial-grade INS (Inertial Navigation System) and later with MARINS, a strategic-grade INS, as well as with ASTRIX systems developed for satellites in cooperation with EADS-Astrium (today Airbus Defence & Space). In 2010, iXsea merged with several subsidiaries of its parent company, iXcore, to create iXblue. Among these subsidiaries were iXfiber, a maker of specialty fibers, and Photline, producing lithium-niobate integrated optics, hence allowing iXblue to fully master the key FOG components supply chain. Ten years later, the ‘adventure' is continuing and the former start-up is now quite a significant player in the inertial world, especially for high-grade applications. The cumulated number of high-performance 3-axis systems in service has grown to over 8,000, i.e. more than 25,000 FOG axes, with a bias stability ranging from 30 mdeg/h down to 15 μdeg/h, and an angular random walk (ARW) performance ranging from 8 mdeg/√h down to 40 μdeg/√h depending on the size of their sensing coils (3 m² to 1000 m²) and on the application!

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Hervé C. Lèfevre, Adrien Steib, Alain Claire, Alex Sekeriyan, André Couderette, Anne-Laure Pointel, Annie Viltard, Antoine Bonnet, Arnaud Frénois, Arnaud Gandoin, Arnaud Laurent, Augustin Luton, Aurélie Galbès, Aurore Ecarnot, Benoît Cadier, Benoît Kerouanton, Bertrand Lhermitte, Brigitte Bonnafé, Carine Stuber, Carmen Ortiz, Cédric Moluçon, Chantal Allano, Charles Dunette, Christophe Ollivier, Clément Guyot, Clément Vercambre, Damien Ponceau, David Ramecourt, Elliot de Toldi, Emmanuelle Peter, Eric Ducloux, Eva Vassilakis, Fabien Colliou, Fabien Napolitano, Florence Lauvinerie, Frédéric Guattari, Gaëtan Fauquert, Gilles Mélin, Guillaume Hardy, Guillaume Lecamp, Henri Porte, Hervé Jaheny, Hugo Boiron, Jean-Jacques Bonnefois, Jean-Philippe Michel, Jean-Philippe Périot, Jérémie Pillon, Jérôme Hauden, Joachin Honthaas, Karl Aubry, Kévin Gauthier, Laurent Lablonde, Laurent Ly, Louis Lhomme, Luc Poulain, Marc Girault, Marco Mancini, Marie Goudron, Marie-Lise Duplaquet, Marilyne Bernasconi, Matthieu Collignon, Matthieu Dacheux, Maxime Rattier, Miguel Marta, Nicolas Faussot, Nicolas Grossard, Nicolas Pirrone, Olivier Jolly, Olivier Rabine, Pascal Guitton, Pascal Mollier, Pascal Simonpiétri, Pierre Buisson, Pierrick Cheiney, Priyoshi Chakma, Rachid Taibi, Robert Blondeau, Saloomeh Shariati, Sébastien Boisgontier, Sébastien Ferrand, Sébastien Keller, Sophie Huet, Stéphane Chouvin, Stéphane Meyer, Stéphane Puille, Stéphane Ustaze, Sylvain Bénard, Sylvain Clémenceau, Théo Laudat, Thérèse Guettler-Sergeant, Thibault Dos Santos, Thidakun Peou-Sanson, Thierry Robin, Thomas Buret, Thomas Loret, Thomas Villedieu, Valérie Ferreira, Van Dong Pham, Victor Rumoroso, Yves Paturel, and Hervé J. Arditty "The fiber optic gyro 'adventure' at Photonetics, iXsea and now iXblue", Proc. SPIE 11405, Optical Waveguide and Laser Sensors, 1140505 (13 May 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560791

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