A new stabilisation scheme for an open-loop gyroscope employing an erbium-d
oped fibre amplifier/source is proposed and demonstrated. A two-frequency m
odulation scheme is used to extract an error signal, which is necessary for
keeping the quasi-DC component of the feedback signal power at a constant
level for a varying rotation rate. By active tracking of the optimum modula
tion condition, a stable gyroscope output with suppressed distortion is obt
ained.