Picosecond-pulsed diode ring laser gyroscope

Mark J. Rosker; William R. Christian; Ian C. McMichael

doi:10.1117/12.175873

16 May 1994 Picosecond-pulsed diode ring laser gyroscope

Mark J. Rosker, William R. Christian, Ian C. McMichael

Proceedings Volume 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175873
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

An external ring cavity containing as its active medium a pair of InGaAsP diodes is modelocked to produce picosecond pulses. In such a laser, a small frequency difference proportional to the nonreciprocal phase shift (resulting from, e.g., the Sagnac effect) can be observed by beating together the counterpropagating laser arms; the device therefore acts as a rotation sensor. In contrast to a conventional (cw) ring laser gyroscope, the pulsed gyroscope can avoid gain competition, thereby enabling the use of homogeneously broadened gain media like semiconductor diodes. Temporal separation of the pulses within the cavity also discriminates against frequency locking of the lasers. The picosecond pulsed diode ring laser gyroscope is reviewed. Both active and passive modelocking are discussed.

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Mark J. Rosker, William R. Christian, and Ian C. McMichael "Picosecond-pulsed diode ring laser gyroscope", Proc. SPIE 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses, (16 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175873

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