• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.155-160
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• 2003

We have constructed and characterized a depolarized fiber-optic gyroscope that uses a length of single-mode fiber as a sensing loop fiber. We have also calculated the noise characteristics of the gyroscope and have found an optimum phase modulation depth that gives the highest signal-to-noise ratio in the gyroscope. The random walk coefficient as small as 0.7$\times$10$^{-3}$ deg/√hr was obtained at the modulation depth of around 2.4 rad. The random walk coefficients measured at various modulation depths were found to be in reasonable agreement with the calculation.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.09a
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• pp.57-57
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• 1996

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.131-137
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• 1994

We demonstrate a novel mode locked fiber laser gyroscope that utilizes a rare-earth doped fiber. The output of the gyroscope is a series of short optical pulses. Without rotation, the optical pulses are equally spaced in the time domain. With rotation, the intervals of the optical pulses changes. By measuring the separation of the optical pulses in time domain, the rotation rate could be obtained. We also discuss the polarization effect that can cause signal errors.errors.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.203-210
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• 2012

Sagnac interferometer gyroscopes can be divided into three large generations using starting points of time or highlights of their research. As the first generational Sagnac interferometer, the ring laser gyroscopes have been studied since the 1960s by laser invention, and as the second generational Sagnac interferometer, the fiber optic gyroscopes have been studied since the 1970s by invention of optical fiber for communication. In the latter half of the 1990s, after having confirmed the wave theory of the atom, studies of atomic interferometers were started for a next generation gyroscope application. This paper discusses the operation principles, application, and future prospects of these three generations of Sagnac gyroscopes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.370-373
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• 2003

Superluminescent diodes(SLDs) are the optimum light sources for application in optical measurement systems such as fiber gyroscopes, optical time domain reflectometers, and to short and medium distance optical communication systems. The broadband characteristics of SLDs reduce Rayleigh backscattering noise, polarization noise, and the bias offset due to the nonlinear Kerr effect in fiber gyro systems. In this paper, in order to suppress lasing oscillation, we introduced a laterally tilted SCH(Separate Confinement Heterostructure)-SLD with a window region. An output power of 11mW has been achieved at 200mA injection current at 25$^{\circ}C$. At 120mA, parallel and perpendicular to the junction were 31$^{\circ}$${\times}$38$^{\circ}$.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.487-492
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• 1993

A polarization maintaining fiber optic gyroscope was constructed having an optical loss of about 25 dB. Using the earth rotation rate as a reference, the long term stability of better than $3^{\circ}/hr$ and the rms short term noise of $0.6^{\circ}/hr/{\sqrt{Hz}}$ were obtained.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.320-326
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• 1997

Broadband sources for fiber-optic gyroscope were constructed using erbium-doped fibers. Output power, linewidth, and mean wavelength were compared between four different source configurations. Among them, double pass configuration exhibited the highest output power, as high as 5.5 mW with 25 mW pumping at 1.48 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ wavelength. It also showed nearly zero sensitivity of mean wavelength for the variation of pump power when a sufficient pumping was provided. Amplifier/Source configuration resulted in the highest detected power(power received by the gyro detector) that is more than 100 times larger than those of the other configurations, though it was the lowest of source output power. As the feedback level increased, the source power decreased while the linewidth increased, and mean wavelength varied significantly which would affect the scale factor of the gyroscope.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.449-453
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• 2003

In a broadband erbium-doped fiber source for fiber optic gyroscope, a pump-polarization scrambling scheme is used to suppress the polarization dependence of the source mean wavelength. The degree of polarization of the pump is reduced to 1.4% by applying proper modulation depth to the polarization modulator where 10 m-long single-mode fiber is wound on a cylindrical PZT. In the case of using the pump-polarization scrambler as well as the output depolarizer, the mean-wavelength variations due to the random change of polarization are measured to be less than our measurement limit of 5 ppm.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.250-251
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• 2000

모드록킹된 광섬유 레이저 자이로스코프(ML-FLaG)$^{(1)}$ 는 일반 거울과 Sagnac 루프 거울로 이루어진 공진기 안에 이득 매질이 포함된 광섬유 레이저의 형태를 가진다. Sagnac 루프 거울을 서로 반대 방향으로 진행하는 두 빛 사이의 위상차를 변조시키면 루프 거울의 반사율이 변조되는데, 여기서 위상 변조 주파수를 공진기의 종모드 간격과 일치시키면 공진기 왕복 주기에 두 개의 펄스가 들어가는 모드록킹된 펄스열을 얻을 수 있다. 이 두 펄스 사이의 시간 간격은 회전율에 따라서 변하기 때문에, 두 펄스 사이의 시간 간격 변화를 측정하면 회전 각속도를 알아낼 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.317-318
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• 2006