• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 4, 040601 (2022)
Kejun Shang, Ming Lei*, Haowei Li, Tianqi Zhang, Xiaozhi Yu, Qiang Xiang, Yonglin Na, and Lizhe Zhang
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Inertial Technology, Beijing Institute of Automatic Control Equipment, Beijing 100074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.040601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kejun Shang, Ming Lei, Haowei Li, Tianqi Zhang, Xiaozhi Yu, Qiang Xiang, Yonglin Na, Lizhe Zhang. Ultra-small interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with an integrated optical chip[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(4): 040601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic configuration of the integrated IFOG.
    Fig. 1. Schematic configuration of the integrated IFOG.
    “Three-in-one” integrated optical chip (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Fig. 2. “Three-in-one” integrated optical chip (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Miniaturized optical fiber coil with coin for scale.
    Fig. 3. Miniaturized optical fiber coil with coin for scale.
    Miniaturized signal detection circuit (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Fig. 4. Miniaturized signal detection circuit (a) schematic and (b) photograph.
    Miniaturized drive control circuit (a) flowchart and (b) photograph.
    Fig. 5. Miniaturized drive control circuit (a) flowchart and (b) photograph.
    (a) Prototype, (b) test results, and (c) Allan variance analyses of the integrated IFOG.
    Fig. 6. (a) Prototype, (b) test results, and (c) Allan variance analyses of the integrated IFOG.
    FunctionPerformanceRequired Value
    SLDOutput optical power>300μW
    Central wavelength1310±20nm
    Spectral width>30nm
    Power stabilitya<5%
    Wavelength shift<100ppm
    PDResponsibility>0.8A/W
    3 dB bandwidth>20MHz
    Noise voltage<1mV
    Dark current<10nA
    CouplerSplitting ratio<(50 ± 2):(50 ± 2)
    Insertion loss<0.5dB
    Table 1. Key Index of the IOC
    Gyro TypeAccuracy (deg/h)Size (mm)
    Integrated IFOG (closed loop)Better than 0.130×30×30
    Russian VG191 (open loop)Better than 1ϕ24×48
    USA DSP1750 (open loop)Better than 0.1ϕ46×23(Header)/ϕ58×14(Circuit)
    Table 2. Comparison between the Integrated IFOG and Traditional IFOG
    Kejun Shang, Ming Lei, Haowei Li, Tianqi Zhang, Xiaozhi Yu, Qiang Xiang, Yonglin Na, Lizhe Zhang. Ultra-small interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with an integrated optical chip[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(4): 040601
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