• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 010608 (2018)
Ning Liu, Yanxiong Niu, Lishuang Feng*, Hongchen Jiao, and Xiao Wang
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  • School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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    Ning Liu, Yanxiong Niu, Lishuang Feng, Hongchen Jiao, Xiao Wang. Suppression of backscattering induced noise by the sideband locking technique in a resonant fiber optic gyroscope[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(1): 010608 Copy Citation Text show less
    Illustration of the RFOG system and the frequency components in the CW and CCW directions. C1 and C2: couplers.
    Fig. 1. Illustration of the RFOG system and the frequency components in the CW and CCW directions. C1 and C2: couplers.
    Spectrum after the phase is modulated, and the carrier component ω0 is suppressed.
    Fig. 2. Spectrum after the phase is modulated, and the carrier component ω0 is suppressed.
    Illustration of carrier suppression by locking the sideband to the cavity resonance.
    Fig. 3. Illustration of carrier suppression by locking the sideband to the cavity resonance.
    (Color online) Whole scheme when sideband locking and different modulation frequencies are applied to the system.
    Fig. 4. (Color online) Whole scheme when sideband locking and different modulation frequencies are applied to the system.
    (Color online) CW/CCW demodulation and the locking scheme when different modulation frequencies are adopted.
    Fig. 5. (Color online) CW/CCW demodulation and the locking scheme when different modulation frequencies are adopted.
    CW modulation and demodulation system.
    Fig. 6. CW modulation and demodulation system.
    SPR measurement of the cavity.
    Fig. 7. SPR measurement of the cavity.
    (Color online) Curves obtained in the experiments. (1) The PZT driving voltage on the laser; (2) the intensity output detected by PD; (3) the demodulation of the cosine term of Eq. (3); (4) the demodulation of sine term of Eq. (3).
    Fig. 8. (Color online) Curves obtained in the experiments. (1) The PZT driving voltage on the laser; (2) the intensity output detected by PD; (3) the demodulation of the cosine term of Eq. (3); (4) the demodulation of sine term of Eq. (3).
    (Color online) Demodulation curves obtained from experiments. The CW and CCW modulation frequencies are 3.5 MHz and 3.56 MHz, respectively. The right window is the magnification of the part in the ellipse.
    Fig. 9. (Color online) Demodulation curves obtained from experiments. The CW and CCW modulation frequencies are 3.5 MHz and 3.56 MHz, respectively. The right window is the magnification of the part in the ellipse.
    (Color online) Comparison of experiment results. The value of curve (1) is shown by the right axis while curve (2) is shown by the left axis.
    Fig. 10. (Color online) Comparison of experiment results. The value of curve (1) is shown by the right axis while curve (2) is shown by the left axis.
    Ning Liu, Yanxiong Niu, Lishuang Feng, Hongchen Jiao, Xiao Wang. Suppression of backscattering induced noise by the sideband locking technique in a resonant fiber optic gyroscope[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(1): 010608
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