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Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Mary K. Salit, Plymouth, MN (US);

Jianfeng Wu, Tucson, AZ (US);

Tiequn Qiu, Glendale, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/66 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/108 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/661 (2013.01); H01S 3/06791 (2013.01); H01S 3/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ring laser gyroscope (RLG) is provided. The RLG includes a primary resonator, a secondary resonator, and an optical source to provide a pump field. The pump field in the primary resonator stimulates an optical gain curve at a first stokes wave frequency. A first order SBS field stimulates a second optical gain curve at a second stokes wave frequency. The second order SBS gain gives rise to a frequency-shifted field propagating in the first direction. The fraction of the pump field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator is larger than the fraction of: the first order SBS field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator; and a second order SBS field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator.


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