Error compensation via signal correlation in high-precision closed-loop fiber optic gyros

Guenter Spahlinger; Manfred W. Kemmler; Markus Ruf; Mauricio A. Ribes; Steffen Zimmermann

doi:10.1117/12.258182

12 November 1996 Error compensation via signal correlation in high-precision closed-loop fiber optic gyros

Guenter Spahlinger, Manfred W. Kemmler, Markus Ruf, Mauricio A. Ribes, Steffen Zimmermann

Proceedings Volume 2837, Fiber Optic Gyros: 20th Anniversary Conference; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258182
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) are preferably driven as closed-loop controlled systems, if linearity and dynamic range are of major concern. Proper modulation of the Sagnac interferometer (SIF) feedback signal is necessary to minimize low frequency signal perturbation and to reliably detect luminance intensity in the linear regions of the sinusoidal Sagnac phase to intensity mapping. Deterministic modulation however, is accompanied by well known 'dead zones' and bias errors due to unavoidable crosstalk between the modulator and the optical detector. In the paper we propose a high precision closed-loop FOG system with deadbeat control and pseudorandom modulation of the SIF feedback signal. The random modulation principle completely eliminates 'dead zones' in the detection of small rotation rates, and bears an inherent potential for compensation and control of several error sources encountered in non-ideal systems by means of signal correlation. The principle of correlation based control is introduced in a general context and applied to a set of dedicated control loops within the proposed closed-loop FOG. Results obtained form several prototype realizations of the correlation controlled high precision FOG indicate a potential for bias error reduction by two orders of magnitude and considerable decrease in random walk.

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Guenter Spahlinger, Manfred W. Kemmler, Markus Ruf, Mauricio A. Ribes, and Steffen Zimmermann "Error compensation via signal correlation in high-precision closed-loop fiber optic gyros", Proc. SPIE 2837, Fiber Optic Gyros: 20th Anniversary Conference, (12 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258182

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