Miniaturized optical gyroscope using active three-dimensional vertically coupled resonators

Jiayang Chen; Hao Zhang; Junjie Jin; Jian Lin; Long Zhao; Zhuanfang Bi; Anping Huang; Zhisong Xiao

doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.10.107106

15 October 2015 Miniaturized optical gyroscope using active three-dimensional vertically coupled resonators

Jiayang Chen, Hao Zhang, Junjie Jin, Jian Lin, Long Zhao, Zhuanfang Bi, Anping Huang, Zhisong Xiao

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 54, Issue 10, 107106 (October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.10.107106

Abstract

We propose and analyze a gyroscope using active three-dimensional vertically coupled resonators (3D-VCRs), which allows for loss compensation, unidirectional propagation, and a larger sensing area while maintaining the same bulk volume. For the ideal uniform case, the minimum detectable rotation rate ΔΩ_min of the active 3D-VCR gyroscope can be decreased by above three orders of magnitude after optimization compared with the passive case. The minimal measurable rotation rates of the 3D-VCR gyroscope, the loss-compensated coupled resonator optical waveguide (LC-CROW) gyroscope, and the equivalent resonant waveguide optical gyroscope (RWOG) decrease with a higher number N of the resonators. Finally, it is shown that the uniform active 3D-VCR gyroscope has a better resolution ΔΩ_min than the equivalent LC-CROW and RWOG.

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Jiayang Chen, Hao Zhang, Junjie Jin, Jian Lin, Long Zhao, Zhuanfang Bi, Anping Huang, and Zhisong Xiao "Miniaturized optical gyroscope using active three-dimensional vertically coupled resonators," Optical Engineering 54(10), 107106 (15 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.10.107106

Published: 15 October 2015

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