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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2009.37.3.275

Numerical Research on the Lock-in Compensation Method of a Ring Laser Gyroscope for Reducing INS Alignment Time  

Shim, Kyu-Min (국방과학연구소)
Jang, Suk-Won (국방과학연구소)
Paik, Bok-Soo (국방과학연구소)
Chung, Tae-Ho (국방과학연구소)
Moon, Hong-Key (국방과학연구소)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.37, no.3, 2009 , pp. 275-282 More about this Journal
Abstract
Generally, the sinusoidal cavity dither is adopted to ring laser gyroscope for eliminating the lock-in which is non-linear effect at the small rotation input. Despite this method, there are some remained errors which are generated at the dither turnaround, and those errors produce random walk which is a general character of a ring laser gyroscope. As one of the numerous research results for compensating these errors, there is a special lock-in compensation method which is the method of error estimation and compensation by comparing the beat signal periods of before and after the dither turnarounds. In this paper, by ring laser gyroscope modeling and numerical analysis, we verified the theoretical validity and confirmed the effectiveness of this method in expectation of the possible beat signal measurement time resolution. As a result, we confirmed the random walk decreases from a-half to a-third by this lock-in compensation method. So, it is expected to be a remarkable method for reducing the INS alignment time.
Keywords
Ring Laser Gyroscope; Cavity Dither; Random walk; Lock-in Compensation;
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