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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
The photonic integrated chip (PIC) makes a dramatic breakthrough in fiber-optic gyro (FOG) design, replacing individual fiber components with an integrated planar optic chip for superior reliability. With discrete components now contained within a single PIC no splices, no handbuilt parts, it offers increased reliability, longer lifetime and decreases optical loss.
Its robust, reliable highly accurate performance suit it for a range of demanding applications from autonomous navigation to subsurface missions. Its principal role to date has been in tandem with an external DAGR (Defense Advanced GPS Receiver) in a military ground vehicle scenario. For targeting applications, it provides an interface to turret angle encoders and laser range finders. It also supports an optional chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC).