Abstract
We report for the first time (to our knowledge) the experimental achievement of a single-frequency ring-laser gyroscope using a diode-pumped half-vertical-cavity semiconductor-emitting laser structure as a gain medium. Thanks to the control of mode competition by an active feedback loop, we observe a beat signal from recombined beams that has a frequency proportional to the rotation rate as predicted by the Sagnac effect. This promising result opens new perspectives for rotation sensing.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-99 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |