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Fiber-Optical Gyroscopes

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Optoelectronic Gyroscopes

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A fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) is an optical device for sensing the changes in orientation, and thereby performing the function of a mechanical gyroscope, and for its operation is based on the interference of light having passed through a coil of optical fiber of very large length ~5 km.

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Chopra, K.N. (2021). Fiber-Optical Gyroscopes. In: Optoelectronic Gyroscopes. Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, vol 11. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8380-3_2

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