Low-Loss polymer-based ring resonator for resonant integrated optical gyroscopes

Waveguide ring resonator is the sensing element of resonant integrated optical gyroscope (RIOG). This paper reports a polymer-based ring resonator with a low propagation loss of about 0.476 dB/cm for RIOG. The geometrical parameters of the waveguide and the coupler of the resonator were optimally designed. We also discussed the optical properties and gyroscope performance of the polymer resonator which shows a high quality factor of about 105. The polymer-based RIOG exhibits a limited sensitivity of less than 20 deg/h for the low and medium resolution navigation systems.

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