Effect of radiation-induced mean wavelength shift in optical fibers on the scale factor of interferometric fiber optic gyroscope at a wavelength of 1300 nm

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/094220

Abstract In order to analyze the effect of wavelength-dependent radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) on the mean transmission wavelength in optical fiber and the scale factor of interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (IFOGs), three types of polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers is tested by using a ⁶⁰Co γ -radiation source. The observed different mean wavelength shift (MWS) behaviors for different fibers are interpreted by color-center theory involving dose rate-dependent absorption bands in ultraviolet and visible range and total dose-dependent near infrared absorption bands. To evaluate the mean wavelength variation in fiber coil and the induced scale factor change for space-borne IFOG under low radiation dose in space environment, the influence of dose rate on the mean wavelength is investigated by testing four germanium (Ge) doped fibers and two germanium-phosphorus (Ge-P) codoped fibers irradiated at different dose rates. Experimental results indicate that the Ge-doped fibers show the least mean wavelength shift during irradiation and their mean wavelength of optical signal transmitting in fibers will shift to shorter wavelength in low-dose-rate radiation environment. Finally, the change in the scale factor of IFOG resulting from the mean wavelength shift is estimated and tested, and it is found that the significant radiation-induced scale factor variation must be considered during the design of space-borne IFOG.

Keywords: space radiation fiber optic gyroscope scale factor mean wavelength

Received: 25 December 2011
Revised: 06 April 2012
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PACS:	42.81.-i	(Fiber optics)
	42.88.+h	(Environmental and radiation effects on optical elements, devices, and systems)
	42.25.Hz	(Interference)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61007040).

Corresponding Authors: Jin Jing
E-mail: jinjing@buaa.edu.cn

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Jin Jing (金靖), Wang Xue-Qin (王学勤), Lin Song (林松), Song Ning-Fang (宋凝芳) Effect of radiation-induced mean wavelength shift in optical fibers on the scale factor of interferometric fiber optic gyroscope at a wavelength of 1300 nm 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 094220

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