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Optical resonators of whispering gallery modes are dielectric axially symmetric resonators with smooth edges that support the existence of whispering gallery modes due to full internal reflection from the resonator surface. Centrifugal forces caused by the rotation of material objects can lead to their mechanical deformation. This is true for resonators of the whispering gallery modes, and when this occurs, the variation of the radius of the working section of the cavity takes place. As is known, the frequencies of whispering gallery modes are inversely proportional to the radius of the working section. Thus, under the influence of centrifugal forces, a reciprocal (the same for opposite directions of the cavity circuit bypass by light) shift of the whispering gallery modes frequencies occurs. Optical methods allow to determine this shift with high accuracy. This can be used in practice for measuring angular velocity and create a miniature angular rate sensor. However, the reciprocal nature of the shift does not allow to judge about the sign of the angular rate (clockwise or counterclockwise rotates the object). In this paper, we propose to solve this problem by applying the initial displacement of the output characteristic point (bias). The perspectives of applying both constant and alternating sign initial displacements are considered. Also, this approach should allow to increase sensitivity to low angular velocities and reduce the nonlinearity of the output characteristic.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures
EditorsGerald S. Buller, Richard C. Hollins, Robert A. Lamb, Robert A. Lamb, Markus Mueller
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510621817
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventEmerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures 2018 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Sep 201812 Sep 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10799
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceEmerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures 2018
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period12/09/1812/09/18

    Research areas

  • alternating sign initial displacement, angular velocity sensor, bias, centrifugal forces, constant initial displacement, frequency shift, resonators., whispering gallery mode

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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