A method of making a readout mirror for a ring laser gyroscope comprises forming an optical substrate component that includes a lower surface, a first upper surface portion substantially parallel to the lower surface, and a second upper surface portion ang...

A system comprising a fiber optic gyroscope and a mixed signal application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) connected to the gyroscope is provided. The mixed signal ASIC comprises a digital logic unit, a relative intensity noise (RIN) analog-to-digital c...

Systems and methods for thermal gradient compensation for ring laser gyroscopes are provided. In one embodiment, a method for producing bias compensated angular rate measurements from a ring laser gyroscope comprises: sampling an angle measurement output f...