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Passive Integrated Optical Gyroscope Based on Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator for Angular Velocity Sensing

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In this paper, we investigated the concept of the Sagnac effect in passive integrated optical gyroscope base photonic crystal ring resonator for angular velocity sensing. This configuration utilizes one 3 dB coupler, two Bus waveguides, and five ring resonators for rotation sensing. The structure has been designed using dielectric silicon rods which are embedded in air. The transmission efficiency of the photonic crystal ring resonator at 1551 nm is about 96% with quality factor and bandwidth values equal to 4326 and 0.35 nm, respectively. By measuring the power of the output port, it is possible to estimate the phase shift and then to measure the rotation rate. The central wavelength of structure is assumed to be equal to 1569.9 nm. The structure characteristics have been investigated by using the two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. The footprint of the structure is approximately 279 μm2.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Mohammadi & Mahmood Seifouri

  2. Nano-photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory (NORLab), Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

    Saeed Olyaee

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Mohammadi, M., Olyaee, S. & Seifouri, M. Passive Integrated Optical Gyroscope Based on Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator for Angular Velocity Sensing. Silicon 11, 2531–2538 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-018-0040-9

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