CA1077602A - Electromagnetic wave ring resonator - Google Patents

Electromagnetic wave ring resonator

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CA1077602A
CA1077602A CA267,744A CA267744A CA1077602A CA 1077602 A CA1077602 A CA 1077602A CA 267744 A CA267744 A CA 267744A CA 1077602 A CA1077602 A CA 1077602A
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waves
medium
laser
ring resonator
resonator
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French (fr)
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Terry A. Dorschner
Irl W. Smith (Jr.)
Hermann Statz
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Raytheon Co
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Raytheon Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • G02B26/06—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the phase of light
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00—Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G01C19/58—Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses
    • G01C19/64—Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams
    • G01C19/66—Ring laser gyrometers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
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  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
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CA267,744A 1976-01-02 1976-12-13 Electromagnetic wave ring resonator Expired CA1077602A (en)

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US64630776A 1976-01-02 1976-01-02

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JP (1) JPS596518B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1077602A (de)
DE (1) DE2700045C2 (de)
FR (1) FR2337447A1 (de)
GB (1) GB1535444A (de)
IT (1) IT1077505B (de)
NL (1) NL7614434A (de)

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CA1116279A (en) * 1978-01-03 1982-01-12 Terry A. Dorschner Laser gyroscope system
CA1132692A (en) * 1978-04-07 1982-09-28 James B. Matthews Phase-locked laser gyroscope system
DE2816937C2 (de) * 1978-04-19 1982-07-15 Basf Ag, 6700 Ludwigshafen Verwendung von Reaktivfarbstoffen zum Färben von cellulosehaltigem Textilmaterial oder Leder
FR2430598A1 (fr) * 1978-07-03 1980-02-01 Litton Systems Inc Gyroscope a laser en anneau
US4213705A (en) * 1978-11-09 1980-07-22 Litton Systems, Inc. Four mode Zeeman laser gyroscope with minimum hole burning competition
CA1189600A (en) * 1980-10-17 1985-06-25 Raytheon Company Dispersion equalized ring laser gyroscope
US4519708A (en) * 1981-05-20 1985-05-28 Raytheon Company Mode discrimination apparatus
GB2120839A (en) * 1982-05-19 1983-12-07 Raytheon Co Ring laser gyroscope
US4616930A (en) * 1983-04-20 1986-10-14 Litton Systems, Inc. Optically biased twin ring laser gyroscope
JPS6068684A (ja) * 1983-09-26 1985-04-19 Fujitsu Ltd レ−ザ光源装置
GB2227879B (en) * 1989-02-03 1994-02-09 Ferranti Int Signal Multi-oscillator ring laser gyroscope

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DE1287836B (de) * 1963-12-18
US3473031A (en) * 1965-06-23 1969-10-14 Philco Ford Corp Laser transmitter for generation of simultaneous frequency modulated and unmodulated beams
US3480878A (en) * 1966-09-20 1969-11-25 Sperry Rand Corp Ring laser with means for reducing coupling to backscattered waves
US3741657A (en) * 1971-03-03 1973-06-26 Raytheon Co Laser gyroscope

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GB1535444A (en) 1978-12-13
JPS596518B2 (ja) 1984-02-13
IT1077505B (it) 1985-05-04
FR2337447B1 (de) 1982-11-19
FR2337447A1 (fr) 1977-07-29
DE2700045A1 (de) 1977-07-14
DE2700045C2 (de) 1984-10-18
JPS5285497A (en) 1977-07-15
NL7614434A (nl) 1977-07-05

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