Theory of the nonlinear Sagnac effect in a fiber-optic gyroscope
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 32 (5) , 2857-2863
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.32.2857
Abstract
The nonlinearly induced nonreciprocity of counterpropagating waves caused by an index grating in a Kerr medium can be used to nonlinearly enhance the Sagnac effect in a ring resonator. A specific discussion of this effect in the case of a fiber-optic rotation sensor is presented. Our theory, which holds for any value of the cavity finesse, includes transverse effects explicitly, but neglects stimulated scattering. Special emphasis is given to pure cavity effects which always occur simultaneously with the nonlinear Sagnac effect.Keywords
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