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US 5408317

SCATTERED LIGHT MOIRE-BRILLOUIN GYROSCOPE

Assignee

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE, A MA CORP.

Filed

Dec 28, 1990

Granted

Apr 18, 1995

Location

Cambridge MA (Draper Lab/MIT)

Abstract

A scattered light Moire-Brillouin guided wave gyroscope includes a coherent light source for providing two counter-rotating primary waves; an optical waveguide, responsive to the two primary waves, for generating a Moire fringe from a primary fringe and a Brillouin fringe derived respectively from the counter-rotating primary waves and from the counter-rotating Brillouin waves produced from the primary waves; and means for detecting the rotation of the Moire fringe relative to the waveguide.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jul 3, 1991

Rescinded

Aug 26, 1994

Duration

3 years, 1 month

Inventor

  • 1WILLIAM A. DYES

Sensitive facility: Cambridge MA (Draper Lab/MIT)

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