Environmental performance of an elliptical core polarization maintaining optical fiber for fiber-optic gyro applications

Vincent P. Martinelli; Emily M. Squires; James J. Watkins

doi:10.1117/12.169904

9 March 1994 Environmental performance of an elliptical core polarization maintaining optical fiber for fiber optic gyro applications

Vincent P. Martinelli, Emily M. Squires, James J. Watkins

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Proceedings Volume 2070, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors XI; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169904
Event: Optical Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation, 1993, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Corning has introduced a new polarization-maintaining optical fiber to satisfy customer requirements for a range of commercial and military FOG applications. This fiber has an elliptical core, matched-clad design, and is intended for operation in the 780 to 850 nm wavelength region. The fiber has a beat length less than 1.5 mm, attenuation rate less than 10 dB/km, and a typical coiled h-parameter less than 1.5 X 10^-4 m^-1 in the designated operating wavelength range. It has a cladding diameter of 80 micrometers and a coating diameter of 185 micrometers . The coating is an acrylate system, similar to that used in telecommunications optical fibers. We report on the performance of this elliptical core fiber for a variety of environmental exposures representative of an automotive application.

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Vincent P. Martinelli, Emily M. Squires, and James J. Watkins "Environmental performance of an elliptical core polarization maintaining optical fiber for fiber optic gyro applications", Proc. SPIE 2070, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors XI, (9 March 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169904

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