US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Dec. 9 for "Modulation methods and systems for non-reciprocal Kerr reduction in resonator fiber optic gyroscopes" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,902, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Modulation methods and systems for non-reciprocal Kerr reduction in resonator fiber optic gyroscopes" was invented by Jianfeng Wu (Tucson, Ariz.) and Glen A. Sanders (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises providing an RFOG that includes a resonator in communication with a light source emitting a first signal at a first power level in a CW direction, and a light source emitting a second signal at a second power level in a CCW direction; adding a common intensity modulation to the first signal, to produce an intensity mo...