Design and Development of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

Design and Development of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

Editor(s): Eric Udd; Michel J. F. Digonnet

Published: 2019

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2522293

PDF ISBN: 9781510626102 | Print ISBN: 9781510626096

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Realizing the potential of the fiber optic gyro, like the ring laser gyro, has been a long and expensive process. Many researchers have made important enabling contributions, and many more engineers have worked diligently for many years on solving the problems associated with realizing viable inertial navigation and guidance produce at affordable costs. This book arose from efforts to form a special session to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the first hardware demonstration of the fiber gyro in 1976 by Vali and Shorthill. The chapters include contributions from key engineers and scientists who have worked from as early as 1977 to the present on manufacturing high-performance fiber gyros for many applications.

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Front Matter

CHAPTER 1.

A Potpourri of Comments about the Fiber Optic Gyro for Its Fortieth Anniversary: How Fascinating It Was and Still Is!

Hervé Lefèvre

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CHAPTER 2.

The Early History of the Closed-Loop Fiber Optic Gyro and Derivative Sensors at McDonnell Douglas, Blue Road Research, and Columbia Gorge Research

Eric Udd

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CHAPTER 3.

20 Years of KVH Fiber Optic Gyro Technology: The Evolution from Large, Low-Performance FOGs to Compact, Precise FOGs and FOG–Based Inertial Systems

Jay Napoli

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CHAPTER 4.

Fiber Optic Gyro Development at Honeywell

Glen Sanders , Steven Sanders , Lee Strandjord , Tiequn Qiu , Jianfeng Wu , Marc Smiciklas , Derek Mead , Sorin Mosor , Alejo Arrizon , et al.

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CHAPTER 5.

Fiber Optic Gyros from Research to Production

George Pavlath

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CHAPTER 6.

Technological Advancements at Al Cielo Inertial Solutions

Meir Rosilio , Lisa Koenigsberg , Noam Pasternak , Arnon Arbel

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CHAPTER 7.

Current Status of Fiber Optic Gyro Efforts for Space Applications in Japan

Shinji Mitani , Tadahito Mizutani , Shin-ichiro Sakai

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CHAPTER 8.

Fiber Optic Gyro Development at Fibernetics

Ralph Bergh

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CHAPTER 9.

Recent Developments in Laser-Driven and Hollow-Core Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

M. Digonnet , J. Chamoun

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CHAPTER 10.

Optical Fibers for Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

Chris Emslie

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CHAPTER 11.

Techniques to Ensure High-Quality Fiber Optic Gyro Coil Production

X. Steve Yao

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CHAPTER 12.

A Personal History of the Fiber Optic Gyro

Eric Udd

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Appendix: Additional Fiber Rotation Sensor Books, Papers, and Patents

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