Influence on the parameters of the optical resonator gyroscope of the characteristics of the system with the properties of parity-time-symmetry, which is used in it

Abstract

A new type of optical resonator gyroscopes based on systems with parity-time-symmetry properties is considered. A system with parity-time-symmetry properties is composed of two direct coupled waveguides, one of which is characterized by losses, and the second one – by amplification, and a passive ring resonator connected to them. The influence of the characteristics of the parity-time-symmetry system on the optical resonator gyroscope parameters is investigated. Attention is paid to the influence of the gain, losses and coupling coefficients of the waveguides that make up the system with the parity-time-symmetry properties. The influence of the gain coefficient instability caused by a change in the pumping power on the angular velocity measurement results is also considered. The advantages and disadvantages of this approach are compared with a conventional optical resonator gyroscope. The main advantage of using systems with parity-timesymmetry properties is the increase of accuracy of registration of passive ring resonator eigenfrequencies by several orders of magnitude and, as a result, the maximum sensitivity to angular velocity.