Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 040601(2022)

Ultra-small interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with an integrated optical chip

Kejun Shang, Ming Lei*, Haowei Li, Tianqi Zhang, Xiaozhi Yu, Qiang Xiang, Yonglin Na, and Lizhe Zhang
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  • State Key Laboratory of Inertial Technology, Beijing Institute of Automatic Control Equipment, Beijing 100074, China
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    Schematic configuration of the integrated IFOG.
    “Three-in-one” integrated optical chip (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Miniaturized optical fiber coil with coin for scale.
    Miniaturized signal detection circuit (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Miniaturized drive control circuit (a) flowchart and (b) photograph.
    (a) Prototype, (b) test results, and (c) Allan variance analyses of the integrated IFOG.
    • Table 1. Key Index of the IOC

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      Table 1. Key Index of the IOC

      FunctionPerformanceRequired Value
      SLDOutput optical power>300μW
      Central wavelength1310±20nm
      Spectral width>30nm
      Power stabilitya<5%
      Wavelength shift<100ppm
      PDResponsibility>0.8A/W
      3 dB bandwidth>20MHz
      Noise voltage<1mV
      Dark current<10nA
      CouplerSplitting ratio<(50 ± 2):(50 ± 2)
      Insertion loss<0.5dB
    • Table 2. Comparison between the Integrated IFOG and Traditional IFOG

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      Table 2. Comparison between the Integrated IFOG and Traditional IFOG

      Gyro TypeAccuracy (deg/h)Size (mm)
      Integrated IFOG (closed loop)Better than 0.130×30×30
      Russian VG191 (open loop)Better than 1ϕ24×48
      USA DSP1750 (open loop)Better than 0.1ϕ46×23(Header)/ϕ58×14(Circuit)
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    Kejun Shang, Ming Lei, Haowei Li, Tianqi Zhang, Xiaozhi Yu, Qiang Xiang, Yonglin Na, Lizhe Zhang, "Ultra-small interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with an integrated optical chip," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 040601 (2022)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Nov. 1, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 14, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2022

    The Author Email: Ming Lei (leiming1998@yeah.net)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.040601

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