CA1158431A - Ring interferometer device and its application to the detection of non-reciprocal effects - Google Patents

Ring interferometer device and its application to the detection of non-reciprocal effects

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CA1158431A
CA1158431A CA000366419A CA366419A CA1158431A CA 1158431 A CA1158431 A CA 1158431A CA 000366419 A CA000366419 A CA 000366419A CA 366419 A CA366419 A CA 366419A CA 1158431 A CA1158431 A CA 1158431A
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Herve Arditty
Claude Puech
Michel Papuchon
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Thales SA
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    • 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
    • G01C19/72—Gyrometers using the Sagnac effect, i.e. rotation-induced shifts between counter-rotating electromagnetic beams with counter-rotating light beams in a passive ring, e.g. fibre laser gyrometers
    • G01C19/721—Details, e.g. optical or electronical details

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
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  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Instruments For Measurement Of Length By Optical Means (AREA)
CA000366419A 1979-12-14 1980-12-09 Ring interferometer device and its application to the detection of non-reciprocal effects Expired CA1158431A (en)

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FR7930722 1979-12-14
FR7930722A FR2471595B1 (OSRAM) 1979-12-14 1979-12-14

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US (1) US4480915A (OSRAM)
EP (1) EP0031274B1 (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1158431A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE3070260D1 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR2471595B1 (OSRAM)

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EP0031274A1 (fr) 1981-07-01
FR2471595A1 (OSRAM) 1981-06-19
EP0031274B1 (fr) 1985-03-06
US4480915A (en) 1984-11-06
DE3070260D1 (en) 1985-04-11
FR2471595B1 (OSRAM) 1982-12-31

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