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Article: Specialty fiber guides gyroscopes out of the fog: this in-depth look at the development of specialty fiber spans multiple industries.(Tech Focus)
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- Fiberoptic Product News
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- December 1, 2003
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The development of specialty optical fibers for gyroscopes has been an evolutionary process, spanning the last twenty years. Fibercore Limited, Europe's specialty optical fiber manufacturer, has been at the forefront of this process since the company commercialized the first bow tie polarization maintaining (PM) fiber in 1983. Dr. Chris Emslie explains how the development of specialty fibers has enabled gyro manufacturers to achieve key market requirements--reduced overall package size, greater reliability, lower cost and .greater accuracy.
It is important to note that the development of gyro fibers at Fibercore Limited has been an evolutionary process--and not ...