IL58231A - Method and apparatus for presetting the position of a piezoelectric actuator used with ring laser gyroscopes - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for presetting the position of a piezoelectric actuator used with ring laser gyroscopes

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IL58231A
IL58231A IL58231A IL5823179A IL58231A IL 58231 A IL58231 A IL 58231A IL 58231 A IL58231 A IL 58231A IL 5823179 A IL5823179 A IL 5823179A IL 58231 A IL58231 A IL 58231A
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presetting
piezoelectric actuator
ring laser
actuator used
laser gyroscopes
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IL58231A
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Singer Co
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/08—Construction or shape of optical resonators or components thereof
    • H01S3/081—Construction or shape of optical resonators or components thereof comprising three or more reflectors
    • H01S3/083—Ring lasers
    • 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
    • G01C19/661—Ring laser gyrometers details
    • G01C19/665—Ring laser gyrometers details control of the cavity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N30/00—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices
    • H10N30/80—Constructional details
    • H10N30/802—Circuitry or processes for operating piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices not otherwise provided for, e.g. drive circuits

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Gyroscopes (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Control Of Position Or Direction (AREA)
  • General Electrical Machinery Utilizing Piezoelectricity, Electrostriction Or Magnetostriction (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)
IL58231A 1978-11-17 1979-09-11 Method and apparatus for presetting the position of a piezoelectric actuator used with ring laser gyroscopes IL58231A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US05/961,572 US4267478A (en) 1978-11-17 1978-11-17 Pathlength controller for a ring laser gyroscope

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IL58231A true IL58231A (en) 1982-04-30

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US (1) US4267478A (de)
JP (1) JPS5572815A (de)
CA (1) CA1134482A (de)
DE (1) DE2939946A1 (de)
FR (1) FR2441880A1 (de)
IL (1) IL58231A (de)
NO (1) NO155904C (de)
SE (1) SE444363B (de)

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DE2939946C2 (de) 1989-11-30
JPS6331957B2 (de) 1988-06-27
NO155904B (no) 1987-03-09
DE2939946A1 (de) 1980-05-29
FR2441880A1 (fr) 1980-06-13
JPS5572815A (en) 1980-06-02
SE444363B (sv) 1986-04-07
NO793156L (no) 1980-05-20
FR2441880B1 (de) 1983-03-18
US4267478A (en) 1981-05-12
CA1134482A (en) 1982-10-26
NO155904C (no) 1987-06-24
SE7909437L (sv) 1980-05-18

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