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Ensuring Radiation Resistance of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes and Ways to Improve It

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The problem of ensuring the radiation resistance of fiber-optic gyroscopes and their main components (optical fibers, elements of integrated optics, optical sources, electronic components and optical materials) is analyzed on the basis of Russian and foreign publications. Possible ways of radiation resistance improvement are considered.

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Egorov, D.A., Rupasov, A.V. & Untilov, A.A. Ensuring Radiation Resistance of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes and Ways to Improve It. Gyroscopy Navig. 9, 314–324 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075108718040107

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