- fibre loop gyroscope
- fibre loop gyroscope s. → Sagnac interferometer
English-German dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics. 2013.
English-German dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics. 2013.
Fibre optic gyroscope — A fibre optic gyroscope (FOG) is a gyroscope that uses the interference of light to detect mechanical rotation. The sensor is a coil of as much as 5 km of optical fiber.Two light beams travel along the fiber in opposite directions. Due to the… … Wikipedia
gyroscope — gyroscopic /juy reuh skop ik/, adj. gyroscopically, adv. /juy reuh skohp /, n. an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute… … Universalium