SPLIT GAIN MULTIMODE RING LASER GYROSCOPE AND METHOD
Assignee
Litton Systems
Filed as: LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.
Filed
Oct 28, 1987
Granted
Jan 31, 1995
Location
CANOGA PARK CA US
Abstract
A ring laser gyroscope uses a lasing-mode suppression technique to circumvent frequency locking rather than more common frequency biasing methods. The device operates with a four-mirrored nonplanar optical path that allows left and right circularly polarized, on-axis modes to lase in each direction when an included gaseous gain medium is electrically discharged. A uniform axial magnetic field is applied to the gain region in order to produce a splitting of the gain curve into two parts separated in frequency by the cavity free spectral range. By small adjustments to the cavity length the two gain curves are centered about consecutive cavity longitudinal mode sets, each consisting of four modes. Consequently only two modes from each set can lase, thus creating a four-mode ring laser gyroscope with arbitrarily large lasing mode frequency spacings controlled primarily by the cavity geometry. The device may be configured to operate with a single isotope of neon in the gain medium. A simple magnetic field servo mechanism provides a high degree of immunity to external magnetic field charges.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
May 17, 1988
Rescinded
May 23, 1994
Duration
6 years
Inventor
- 1GRAHAM J. MARTIN
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Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5386288
- Application
- 07115018
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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