Early work on fiber optic gyro technology at McDonnell Douglas and spinoffs leading to acoustic sensing, distributed sensing, and a secure fiber optic communication system

Eric Udd

doi:10.1117/12.683813

24 August 2006 Early work on fiber optic gyro technology at McDonnell Douglas and spinoffs leading to acoustic sensing, distributed sensing, and a secure fiber optic communication system

Eric Udd

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Proceedings Volume 6314, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII; 63140H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683813
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the late 1970s the closed loop fiber optic gyro was invented and demonstrated at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company in Huntington Beach, California. This development was followed by a series of derivative inventions that included the Sagnac acoustic sensor, Sagnac distributed sensors and finally a Sagnac secure fiber optic communication system. This paper provides an overview of these developments.

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Eric Udd "Early work on fiber optic gyro technology at McDonnell Douglas and spinoffs leading to acoustic sensing, distributed sensing, and a secure fiber optic communication system", Proc. SPIE 6314, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII, 63140H (24 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683813

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