Finite element model of thermal transient effect for crossover-free fiber optic gyros

In this paper we investigate the dependence of the bias in the crossover-free interferometric fiber optic gyro versus the temperature gradient applied on the coil. Our approach is to use a finite element method to do thermal analysis to the crossover-free coil. We describe the winding pattern including the location and the length of each turn of the coil. With those data, we are able to compute the bias error induced by the thermal transient effect. On the other hand we study the Shupe effect by temperature excitations from different direction on a fiber coil. In addition a 6-layer of crossover-free gyroscope coils were manufactured. The Shupe test data of the crossover-free coils is taken to verify thermal sensitivity of the coils.