Fiber-Optic Rotation Sensors and Related Technologies: Proceedings of the First International Conference MIT, Cambridge, Mass., USA, November 9–11, 1981 (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

Fiber-Optic Rotation Sensors Tutorial Review.- Fiber-Optic Rotation Sensors Bibliography.- Theoretical Basis of Sagnac Effect in Fiber Gyroscopes.- Polarization and Depolarization in the Fiber-Optic Gyroscope.- Polarization Problems in Optical Fiber Gyroscopes.- Scattering Matrix Analysis on the Use of a Wide-Band Laser Source in a Passive Fiber Rate Sensor.- Numerical Modeling of Dual Polarization Interferometric Gyros and Sensors.- Reciprocity Properties of a Branching Waveguide.- Multimode Fiber Gyroscopes.- Integrated Optics.- Progress on Integrated Optic Waveguide Devices for Fiber Gyro Applications.- Guided-Wave Electrooptic Modulators.- Single Mode Fiber Optic Components.- Coupling and Multiplexing Between Single Mode Optical Fibers.- Polarization Preserving Single Mode Fiber Optic Coupler.- High Kilohertz Frequency Fiber Optic Phase Modulators.- Polarization Control for an Optical Fiber Gyroscope.- Polarization-Maintaining Fibers.- Elliptically Cored Polarization Holding Fiber.- Fabrication and Properties of Low Birefringence Spun Fibers.- Attempt to Draw a Circular Polarization Conserving Fiber.- The Characterization of Polarization-Holding in Birefringent Single-Mode Fibers.- Polarization Properties of Monomode Optical The Use of P.O.T.D.R. to Determine Spatial Distributions.- Induced Circular Birefringence and Ellipticity Measurement in a Faraday Effect Fiber Ring Interferometer.- Single Longitudinal Mode Modified CSP Injection Laser for Single-Mode Optical Fiber.- The Temporal Coherence of Various Semiconductor Light Sources Used in Optical Fibre Sensors.- Noise in Diode Lasers.- All Single Mode Fiber Optic Gyroscope.- Digital Fiber Optic Rate Sensor Development.- Fiberoptic Rotation Analysis of Effects Limiting Sensitivity and Accuracy.- Investigations on a Fiber Gyro for Heading Reference Applications.- Dual Polarization Gyro.- A Fiber Gyroscope Based on a Two Frequency Zeeman Laser.- Closed Loop, High Sensitivity Fiberoptic Gyroscope.- Compact Fiber-Optic Gyro.- Fiberoptic Gyro Using Magneto-Optic Phase Nulling Feedback.- Heterodyne Fibre Gyro With Complete Reciprocity.- Optical Fiber Laser Homodyne and Heterodyne Detections.- Intensity Dependent Nonreciprocal Phase Shift in a Fiberoptic Gyroscope.- Fibre Gyro Performance in the Presence of External Magnetic Fields.- A Nonreciprocal Optical Effect in Optical Gyroscopes.- Analysis of Noise in Phase Detection in a Fiber Optic Rate Sensor.- Re-Entrant Fiber Optic Rotation Sensors.- Forced Reciprocity Using Phase Conjugation.- Large Enhancement of the Sagnac Effect in a Nonlinear Ring Resonator and Related Effects.- Synchronous Fiber-Optic Gravitational Telescopes.- Geometrical Fiber Configuration for Isolators and Magnetometers.- Fiber Optic Strain Sensors.- Fiber Optic Sonar Sensor.- Fiber Optic Accelerometer.- An Affair to Remember.- Inertial System Market Potential.- Index of Contributors.