• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 2001

A new digital serrodyne (DS) signal processor for the close-loop fiber optic gyroscope was designed and implemented. It is based on a new algorithm that can solve the remaining problems of the existing digital serrodyne processing by utilizing a new modulation wavefonn. The algorithm was implemented in an FPGA and tested. Theoretical limit and experimental value of the random walk were measured to be 2.6 and 3.3 deg/hr/$\sqrt{Hz}$, respectively. And drift of the processor is smaller than that by Shupe's effect.effect.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.237-243
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• 2011

Thermal characteristics, such as diffusivity and temperature induced change in the fiber mode index of rotation sensing fiber coil are critical factors which determine the time varying, thermo-optically induced bias drift of interferometric fiber-optic gyroscopes (IFOGs). In this study, temperature dependence of the transient effect is analyzed in terms of the thermal characteristics of the fiber coil at three different temperatures. By applying an analytic model to the measured bias in the experiments, comprehensive thermal factors of the fiber coil could be extracted effectively. The validity of the model was confirmed by the fact that the extracted values are reasonable results in comparison with well known properties of the materials of the fiber coil. Temperature induced changes in the critical factors were confirmed to be essential in compensating the transient effect over a wide temperature range.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.222-227
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• 2009

The bias characteristics due to the changes of temperature and temperature gradient of fiber coil are investigated in fiber-optic gyroscope. The bias performance is degraded with the changes of temperature and temperature gradient of fiber coil. The temperature compensation using both the temperature-dependent bias measurement and the temperature-induced error model of fiber-optic gyroscope improves the bias stability about 3 times as much as the uncompensated original case, which leads to very stable bias performance over the temperature range from $-35^{\circ}C$ to $+77^{\circ}C$.