Microresonator Brillouin Laser Gyroscope with Earth-Rotation-Rate Sensitivity

Optical gyroscopes are widely used for precision navigation and there has been growing interest in the possibility of integrated optical gyroscopes. In this talk, we report a chip-based Brillouin laser gyroscope with Earth-rotation-rate sensitivity.

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