发明名称 |
Optical ring resonator sensor |
摘要 |
A sensor is to measure a physical quantity which causes a non-reciprocal effect, such as the Sagnac-effect, in an optical ring resonator. This effect provides a difference of clockwise and counter-clockwise optical path lengths in the ring resonator. The difference is proportional to the physical quantity, such as rotation rate in the case of the Sagnac-effect. A semiconductor laser is coupled to the ring resonator and generates clockwise and counter-clockwise beams therein. The laser frequency is modulated by directly energizing the semiconductor laser such that sidebands of the frequency-modulated laser beams are in resonance with the ring resonator. A detector device responds to the difference of the clockwise and counter-clockwise light beams and generates a signal indicative of the measured physical quantity.
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申请公布号 |
US5305087(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1994.04.19 |
申请号 |
US19920846024 |
申请日期 |
1992.03.05 |
申请人 |
BODENSEEWERK GERATETECHNIK GMBH |
发明人 |
BERNARD, WALTER;GEISTER, GOETZ;RAAB, MICHAEL |
分类号 |
G01C19/72;(IPC1-7):G01C19/72 |
主分类号 |
G01C19/72 |
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