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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1993
James B Bunn, Los Angeles County, CA (US);
Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
An interferometer amplitude modulation reduction circuit coupled to receive an interferometer output signal from the output of a fiber optic interferometer sensor. The interferometer sensor is excited by a frequency modulated input light signal from a light source having an unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise signal component. The interferometer output signal has both wanted interference induced intensity modulation and also unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise from the unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise signal components present on the frequency modulated input light signal. The invention circuit has a sampling means for sampling a sample portion of the frequency modulated input light signal from the output of the light source. The sampling means detects and the sample portion signal to provide a detected sample intensity signal having a detected unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise signal component. A detector detects the interferometer output signal from the output of the fiber optic interferometer sensor and converts the interferometer output signal into a detected AM modulated phase-generated carrier signal containing a detected unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise signal component. A divider scales and divides the detected AM modulated phase-generated carrier signal by the detected sample intensity signal to provide a corrected interferometer output signal. The detected unwanted amplitude modulation and intensity noise signal components common to both the detected sample intensity signal and the detected AM modulated phase-generated carrier signal are substantially canceled by the division process.