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Mode selection in an ultralarge ring laser gyro |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 22, pp. 5591-5595 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.005591
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Abstract
A significant operational difficulty with very large ring laser gyroscopes is the length of time required to achieve the desired single-mode configuration. A control technique has been developed where the order of mode splitting between corotating beams is alternated. Theoretical advantages to this are the elimination of noise caused by variations in perimeter and systematic error caused by Adler pulling. External seeding of mode configurations has been proposed to allow the technique to work fast enough to eliminate known sources of perimeter perturbations. While investigating the intensity requirements for this concept, we found that the operating mode of a large ring laser can be successfully self-seeded with seed beams of near (
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OCIS Codes
(140.3370) Lasers and laser optics : Laser gyroscopes
(140.3560) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, ring
(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode
(270.5290) Quantum optics : Photon statistics
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 20, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 8, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 8, 2012
Published: August 1, 2012
Citation
Richard D. Graham, Robert B. Hurst, K-Ulrich Schreiber, and Jon-Paul R. Wells, "Mode selection in an ultralarge ring laser gyro," Appl. Opt. 51, 5591-5595 (2012)
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