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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1990
Fritz P Schaefer, Goettingen, DE;
Abstract
A ring laser gyro has an optical resonator (12), forming a loop- or ring-shaped beam cavity, a lasing medium (14) arranged in the resonator for furnishing, when stimulated, two laser oscillation pulses circulating in the resonator in opposing directions, and a device for measuring the change in frequency and/or wavelength of the laser oscillation pulses as a function of the rotation of the resonator. A saturable absorber (16) is arranged in the laser resonator for the purpose of fixing the standing wave resulting due to the laser oscillation pulses circulating in the opposing directions as regards the laser resonator. Rotation of the laser resonator changes the wavelengths of the laser oscillation pulses circulating in opposing directions. The change in wavelength and/or the difference in the frequencies of the laser oscillation pulses constitute a measure of the rotation rate. No effect making it difficult to measure low rotary speeds in known ring laser gyros occurs in the present ring laser gyro.