Rapid and precise compensation of scale factor in a fiber-optic gyroscope with a twin-peaks source.

In this Letter, two gyro outputs containing identical rotation rates are produced by a twin-peaks light source with peak wavelengths of 1530 nm and 1560 nm. We demonstrate that the two outputs' ratio κ can compensate for the temperature-induced scale factor drift in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope (IFOG). When the temperature ranged from -10∘C to 50°C, the scale factor drift after compensation was about 30 times less than that before compensation, and the minimum drift was ±7.7ppm at the rotation rate of 100°/s.

Open-loop fiber-optic gyroscope with a double sensitivity employing a polarization splitter and Faraday rotator mirror.

In this Letter, a novel open-loop fiber-optic gyroscope configuration with a double sensitivity is proposed. By employing a polarization-maintaining Faraday rotator mirror and a polarization beamsplitter/combiner, light waves propagate twice along the same fiber coil in two orthonormal polarization directions. The reciprocity of the configuration has been verified in theory. The Allan variance analysis of the gyro prototype exhibits 0.03°/h bias stability over 5.5 h in the laboratory environment.