CA1125895A - Laser gyro mode locking reduction scheme - Google Patents

Laser gyro mode locking reduction scheme

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CA1125895A
CA1125895A CA319,945A CA319945A CA1125895A CA 1125895 A CA1125895 A CA 1125895A CA 319945 A CA319945 A CA 319945A CA 1125895 A CA1125895 A CA 1125895A
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ring laser
mode
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French (fr)
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Virgil E. Sanders
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Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co Inc
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Litton Systems Inc
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01CMEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G01C19/58Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses
    • G01C19/64Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams
    • G01C19/66Ring laser gyrometers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Gyroscopes (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
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CA319,945A 1978-05-26 1979-01-19 Laser gyro mode locking reduction scheme Expired CA1125895A (en)

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US90991978A 1978-05-26 1978-05-26
US909,919 1978-05-26

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JP (1) JPS596520B2 (da)
AU (1) AU521186B2 (da)
BE (1) BE874859A (da)
BR (1) BR7901915A (da)
CA (1) CA1125895A (da)
CH (1) CH645718A5 (da)
DE (1) DE2920429A1 (da)
DK (1) DK215579A (da)
ES (1) ES479075A1 (da)
FR (1) FR2426887A1 (da)
GB (1) GB2021851B (da)
GR (1) GR66808B (da)
IL (1) IL56658A (da)
IT (1) IT1115066B (da)
NL (1) NL181953C (da)
NO (1) NO152272C (da)
NZ (1) NZ189487A (da)
SE (1) SE448320B (da)

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GB2120839A (en) * 1982-05-19 1983-12-07 Raytheon Co Ring laser gyroscope
DE3412016C2 (de) * 1984-03-31 1986-12-11 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., 5000 Köln Ringlaser
US4783169A (en) * 1985-08-09 1988-11-08 Litton Systems, Inc. Control of a ring laser gyro cavity according to a preselected model
CN103674003B (zh) * 2012-09-07 2016-06-01 中国航空工业第六一八研究所 一种电磁驱动式激光陀螺抖动机构

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US3697181A (en) * 1967-03-14 1972-10-10 Sperry Rand Corp Ring laser having amplitude and phase controlled crossed-beam anti-locking feedback
US3741657A (en) * 1971-03-03 1973-06-26 Raytheon Co Laser gyroscope
US3846025A (en) * 1973-04-02 1974-11-05 S Wilber Frequency sensitive laser rotary motion sensor
US4152071A (en) * 1976-08-02 1979-05-01 Honeywell Inc. Control apparatus
CA1085031A (en) * 1976-11-08 1980-09-02 Litton Systems, Inc. Laser gyro with phased dithered mirrors

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GR66808B (da) 1981-04-30
NO791638L (no) 1979-11-27
GB2021851B (en) 1982-07-21
IT7948410A0 (it) 1979-03-20
NZ189487A (en) 1982-12-07
FR2426887B1 (da) 1984-06-22
JPS596520B2 (ja) 1984-02-13
IT1115066B (it) 1986-02-03
NL181953C (nl) 1987-12-01
IL56658A (en) 1981-07-31
JPS54155794A (en) 1979-12-08
ES479075A1 (es) 1979-06-01
BR7901915A (pt) 1979-12-04
CH645718A5 (de) 1984-10-15
NL7901581A (nl) 1979-11-28
AU4398179A (en) 1979-11-29
SE448320B (sv) 1987-02-09
NL181953B (nl) 1987-07-01
SE7902823L (sv) 1979-11-27
GB2021851A (en) 1979-12-05
FR2426887A1 (fr) 1979-12-21
NO152272B (no) 1985-05-20
BE874859A (fr) 1979-07-02
DE2920429A1 (de) 1979-11-29
AU521186B2 (en) 1982-03-18
DK215579A (da) 1979-11-27
NO152272C (no) 1985-08-28

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