单词 | ring laser gyroscope |
释义 | > as lemmasring laser gyroscope ring laser n. Physics a laser in which two beams are made to travel in opposite directions around a closed path by means of mirrors, typically used in aircraft, missiles, etc., in order to detect rotation; frequently attributive, as ring laser gyroscope, etc.; (also) any of various other lasers in which the light is made to travel around a ring.A typical ring laser acts as an interferometer: any rotation of the device will create a phase difference between the two beams, which manifests as an interference pattern when they are recombined. ΚΠ 1963 W. M. Macek & D. T. M. Davis in Appl. Physics Lett. 2 67/1 The sensing of rotation rate with respect to an inertial frame of reference has been demonstrated using a cw He-Ne gas traveling-wave ring laser. 1978 Optics & Laser Technol. 10 276/1 The ring laser gyroscope is being developed..for use in the next generation of airborne inertial navigation systems. 1982 Sci. News 9 Jan. 25/2 A homogeneously broadened two-mode ring laser. This is a dye laser in which the lasing dye is circulated around a cell. 2005 L. Bond Dangerous Ground (2006) xvi. 313 The ring-laser gyros in both vehicles allowed for precise navigation. < as lemmas |
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