Resonant fiber optic gyroscope driven by a broadband light source based on an over-coupled state fiber ring resonator

Abstract

The resonant fiber optic gyroscope (RFOG) driven by a broadband light source has advantages over conventional RFOGs in terms of structure, solution, etc., and provides new ideas for the commercialization of RFOGs. In this paper, the basic working principle of RFOG driven by a broadband light source is introduced. The optimal modulation coefficients are provided for sinusoidal wave modulation. The influence of the length of the fiber-optic ring resonator (FRR) and the coupling coefficient of the fiber coupler on the sensitivity is analyzed. The FRR is constructed in the over-coupled state to improve the utilization of optical power, and thus significantly increase the system sensitivity. In experiments, an RFOG prototype with a diameter of 13 cm, a height of 7 cm, and a fiber ring length of 210 m is produced. A bias instability (BI) of 0.06°/h and an angular random walk (ARW) of 0.01∘/h are obtained.