Sensitivity enhancement through RIN suppression in dual-polarization fiber optic gyroscopes for rotational seismology
Dong He, Yuwen Cao, Tong Zhou, Chao Peng, Zhengbin Li
Abstract
Portable sensors with a sufficiently high sensitivity in detecting small rotational motions have attracted significant attention in the field of rotational seismology. In this study, we propose and demonstrate a dual-polarization fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG) with a portable-sized fiber coil. Excess relative intensity noise (RIN) is effectively compensated for owing to the opposite parities and strong correlation of the two orthogonal polarized light, whereas other noises including coherent phase noise and thermal phase noise have also been handled well. In a test on detecting the rotation rate of the Earth, an enhanced sensitivity of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mn>20</mml:mn> <mml:mspace width="thinmathspace"/> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">n</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">r</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">a</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">d</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">H</mml:mi> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">z</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> over a frequency range of 0.01 Hz to 30 Hz was demonstrated using the proposed design with an enclosed area of only 68 m 2 .