Fibre Optic Gyroscopes for Space Application

Thomas Buret,David Ramecourt,Joachin Honthaas,Yves Paturel,Eric Willemenot,Thierry Gaiffe

Fibre Optic Gyroscopes for Space Application

2006

Thomas Buret
David Ramecourt
Joachin Honthaas
Yves Paturel
Eric Willemenot
Thierry Gaiffe

A family of space Inertial Measurement Unit with several Fibre Optic Gyroscopes has been developed, covering a large range of performance and space applications. We present the FOG configuration and the qualification of the technology.

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Fibre optic gyroscope
Inertial measurement unit
Fiber optic sensor
Optical fiber
Electronic engineering
Sagnac effect
Gyroscope
Physics
Optics
large range
optical testing
Optoelectronics

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