FIBRE GYROSCOPE WITH BUFFER LAYERS AND POTTING MATERIAL FOR THE FIBRE COIL

摘要

An apparatus (100) in one example comprises a buffer layer (110, 112) located on a face (106) that serves as a primary support for an optical fiber winding (208) along a first general direction (172). The face is coupled with a body (104) that serves as a primary support for the optical fiber winding along a second general direction (170). The optical fiber winding comprises an optical fiber (111) wound about the body. The buffer layer serves to promote a decrease of one or more strain gradients among a plurality of portions (146, 148, 150) of the optical fiber winding.