Unidirectional crow gyroscope
First Claim
1. An optical waveguide gyroscope comprising a plurality of resonant waveguides adjacent to one another and optically coupled together, wherein each resonant waveguide of the plurality of resonant waveguides is configured to allow light to propagate along the resonant waveguide in a planar path, wherein the plurality of resonant waveguides comprises at least two resonant waveguides comprising a first resonant waveguide configured to allow light to propagate along the first resonant waveguide in a first path and a second resonant waveguide adjacent to the first resonant waveguide and configured to allow light to propagate along the second resonant waveguide in a second path, wherein the first resonant waveguide and the second resonant waveguide are optically coupled in a way that at least a portion of light propagates either successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a clockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a clockwise direction or successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a counterclockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a counterclockwise direction.
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Abstract
An optical waveguide gyroscope includes at least one optical coupler configured to receive a first optical signal at a first port, to transmit a second optical signal to a second port, and to transmit a third optical signal to a third port. The optical waveguide gyroscope further includes a plurality of resonant waveguides optically coupled to the second port and the third port. The resonant waveguides are generally adjacent to one another and optically coupled to one another. At least a portion of the second optical signal propagates from the second port to the third port by propagating through the plurality of resonant waveguides, and at least a portion of the third optical signal propagates from the third port to the second port by propagating through the plurality of resonant waveguides. The at least a portion of the second optical signal propagates through each resonant waveguide of the plurality of resonant waveguides in a clockwise direction and the at least a portion of the third optical signal propagates through each resonant waveguide of the plurality of resonant waveguides in a counterclockwise direction.
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- 1. An optical waveguide gyroscope comprising a plurality of resonant waveguides adjacent to one another and optically coupled together, wherein each resonant waveguide of the plurality of resonant waveguides is configured to allow light to propagate along the resonant waveguide in a planar path, wherein the plurality of resonant waveguides comprises at least two resonant waveguides comprising a first resonant waveguide configured to allow light to propagate along the first resonant waveguide in a first path and a second resonant waveguide adjacent to the first resonant waveguide and configured to allow light to propagate along the second resonant waveguide in a second path, wherein the first resonant waveguide and the second resonant waveguide are optically coupled in a way that at least a portion of light propagates either successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a clockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a clockwise direction or successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a counterclockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a counterclockwise direction.
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11. An optical waveguide gyroscope comprising:
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at least one optical coupler having a first port, a second port, and a third port, the at least one optical coupler configured to receive a first optical signal at the first port, to transmit a second optical signal to the second port, and to transmit a third optical signal to the third port; and a plurality of resonant waveguides optically coupled to the second port and the third port, the resonant waveguides adjacent to one another and optically coupled to one another, wherein at least a portion of the second optical signal propagates from the second port to the third port by propagating through the plurality of resonant waveguides, and at least a portion of the third optical signal propagates from the third port to the second port by propagating through the plurality of resonant waveguides, wherein the plurality of resonant waveguides comprises at least two resonant waveguides comprising a first resonant waveguide configured to allow at least a portion of the second optical signal to propagate along the first resonant waveguide in a first path and a second resonant waveguide adjacent to the first resonant waveguide and configured to allow the at least a portion of the second optical signal to propagate along the second resonant waveguide in a second path, wherein the first resonant waveguide and the second resonant waveguide are optically coupled in a way that the at least a portion of the second optical signal propagates either successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a clockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a clockwise direction or successively through the first resonant waveguide along the first path in a counterclockwise direction and through the second resonant waveguide along the second path in a counterclockwise direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An optical waveguide gyroscope comprising a plurality of resonant waveguides adjacent to one another and optically coupled together, wherein each resonant waveguide of the plurality of resonant waveguides is configured to allow light to propagate through the resonant waveguide in a planar path, wherein the paths of each of the resonant waveguides of the plurality of resonant waveguides are parallel to one another, wherein at least one of the resonant waveguides includes a twisted portion optically coupled to an adjacent resonant waveguide, wherein light propagates along each path in a clockwise direction or along each path in a counterclockwise direction.
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