Pneumatically dithered laser gyro

摘要

A dithered ring laser gyro in which the effects of mode locking, or frequency locking, at low rotation rates are reduced by producing an oscillatory flow of the ionized gas in the gain section of the laser. The envelope in which the laser is sealed includes a pair of closed-end bellows. The bellows are extended and retracted in push-pull to pump the gas. There is thus created a dynamically varying pressure differential and oscillatory gas flow along the bore of the gain section of the laser which induces a corresponding oscillatory bias in the gyro output.