Optical Kerr effect in fiber gyroscopes: effects of nonmonochromatic sources

1 February 1983

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 8 (2) , 119-121
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.8.000119

Abstract

The effects of source bandwidth on the optical Kerr effect are calculated. We show that the nonreciprocal Kerr bias error in fiber gyroscopes may be substantially reduced by using broadband sources.

Keywords

FIBER GYROSCOPES
BROADBAND
BANDWIDTH
KERR EFFECT
NONRECIPROCAL
SUBSTANTIALLY
NONMONOCHROMATIC

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