Backward Secondary-Wave Coherence Errors in Photonic Bandgap Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

Author: Xu Xiaobin   Song Ningfang   Zhang Zuchen   Jin Jing  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 1424-8220|16|6|851-851

ISSN: 1424-8220

Source: Sensors, Vol.16, Iss.6, 2016-06, pp. : 851-851

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Abstract

Photonic bandgap fiber optic gyroscope (PBFOG) is a novel fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) with excellent environment adaptability performance compared to a conventional FOG. In this work we find and investigate the backward secondary-wave coherence (BSC) error, which is a bias error unique to the PBFOG and caused by the interference between back-reflection-induced and backscatter-induced secondary waves. Our theoretical and experimental results show a maximum BSC error of ~4.7°/h for a 300-m PBF coil with a diameter of 10 cm. The BSC error is an important error source contributing to bias instability in the PBFOG and has to be addressed before practical applications of the PBFOG can be implemented.