Fiber Optic Gyros from Research to Production
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Abstract
Fiber optic gyros are a great success story for a new inertial measurement technology that successfully transitioned from the laboratory in 1975 to production in 1992. This chapter will review their research, advanced development, product development, and production transfer. The focus of the chapter will be this cycle from Stanford University to Northrop Grumman.
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KEYWORDS
Fiber optic gyroscopes

Gyroscopes

Fiber optics

Robots

Integrated optics

Navigation systems

Polarization

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