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Ring Interferometry
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This monograph is devoted to the creation of a comprehensive formalism for quantitative description of polarized modes' linear interaction in modern single-mode optic fibers. The theory of random connections between polarized modes, developed in the monograph, allows calculations of the zero shift deviations for a fiber ring interferometer. The monograph addresses also the Sagnac effect and the Thomas precession.
Devices such as gyroscopes, used in navigation and flight control, work based on this technology. Given the ever increasing market for navigation and air traffic, researchers and practitioners in research and industry need a fundamental and sound understanding of the principles. This work presents the underlying physical foundations.
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Table of contents
- List of abbreviations
- List of notations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fiber ring interferometry
- 3 Development of the theory of interaction between polarization modes
- 4 Experimental study of random coupling between polarization modes
- 5 Fiber ring interferometers of minimum configuration
- 6 Fiber ring interferometers of nonstandard configuration
- 7 Geometric phases in optics. The Poincaré sphere method
- 8 Time-dependent, nonlinear, and magnetic effects
- 9 Relativistic effects in optical and non-optical ring interferometers
- 10 Conclusion
- Index