GB2151806B - An optical frequency converter device and a rate gyro containing such a device - Google Patents

An optical frequency converter device and a rate gyro containing such a device

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Publication number
GB2151806B
GB2151806B GB08333905A GB8333905A GB2151806B GB 2151806 B GB2151806 B GB 2151806B GB 08333905 A GB08333905 A GB 08333905A GB 8333905 A GB8333905 A GB 8333905A GB 2151806 B GB2151806 B GB 2151806B
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Prior art keywords
frequency converter
optical frequency
rate gyro
converter device
gyro
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Inventor
Herve Arditty
Michel Papuchon
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Thales SA
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Thomson CSF SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/33—Acousto-optical deflection devices
    • G02F1/335—Acousto-optical deflection devices having an optical waveguide structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00—Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G01C19/58—Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses
    • G01C19/64—Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams
    • G01C19/72—Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams with counter-rotating light beams in a passive ring, e.g. fibre laser gyrometers
    • G01C19/721—Details
    • G01C19/722—Details of the mechanical construction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3132—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB08333905A 1982-12-23 1983-12-20 An optical frequency converter device and a rate gyro containing such a device Expired GB2151806B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR8221630A FR2555769B1 (en) 1982-12-23 1982-12-23 OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER AND GYROMETER DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE

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GB2151806A GB2151806A (en) 1985-07-24
GB2151806B true GB2151806B (en) 1986-12-03

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CA (1) CA1255139A (en)
DE (1) DE3346058C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2555769B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2151806B (en)
IT (1) IT1160140B (en)
NL (1) NL192466C (en)

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FR2555769B1 (en) 1986-03-21
NL8304435A (en) 1985-05-01
IT8368302A0 (en) 1983-12-14
IT1160140B (en) 1987-03-04
FR2555769A1 (en) 1985-05-31
GB2151806A (en) 1985-07-24
NL192466B (en) 1997-04-01
CA1255139A (en) 1989-06-06
DE3346058A1 (en) 1986-04-24
DE3346058C2 (en) 1995-11-02
NL192466C (en) 1997-08-04

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Effective date: 20031219