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US 5442441

RADIO FREQUENCY EXCITED RING LASER GYRO

Assignee

LITTON SYSTEMS, INC. A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE

Filed

Oct 15, 1991

Granted

Aug 15, 1995

Location

NEWBURY PARK CA US

Abstract

Apparatus for stabilizing the position of the exciting electric component of a radio frequency electromagnetic field within the excited plasma of a ring laser, using two adjacent quarterwave coils, and driving the coils from a radio frequency source to ensure that the adjacent open ends of the two coils have electric field components that produce a steep gradient of electric field within the gas plasma of the ring laser.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Feb 25, 1992

Rescinded

Nov 18, 1993

Duration

1 year, 8 months

Inventor

  • 1BRUCE C. GROVER

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