Effects of the second harmonic and the duty cycle on the scale factor of a fiber-optic gyroscope with gated two-harmonic phase modulation

Opt Lett. 1988 May 1;13(5):410-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.13.000410.

Abstract

We show that an electronic servo loop can be closed stably and accurately on a fiber-optic gyroscope by using the phase-modulation technique. Using a closed-loop fiber-optic gyroscope with gated two-harmonic phase modulation, an experiment on the linearity was performed; a linearity of approximately 0.5% was achieved below 90 degrees /sec. The parameter dependencies of the linearity are discussed and theoretical and experimental results given.