Aspects of ring lasers as local earth rotation sensors

U. Schreiber, M. Schneider, C. H. Rowe, G. E. Stedman, W. Schlüter

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Abstract

Ring laser rotation sensors are best known from inertial navigation, where they have many advantages over mechanical gyroscopes. They have recently been greatly improved, and show potential as fully independent length-of-day sensors. We discuss some important aspects of current limitations in their performance. In particular we demonstrate a novel scheme for the stabilisation of a large ring laser against frequency pulling effects induced by backscatter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)603-611
Number of pages9
JournalSurveys in Geophysics
Volume22
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Earth rotation
  • Geodesy
  • Gyroscope
  • Length of day
  • Ring laser

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