MODULATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-RECIPROCAL KERR REDUCTION IN RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES

A method comprises providing an RFOG that includes a resonator in communication with a light source emitting a first signal at a first power level in a CW direction, and a light source emitting a second signal at a second power level in a CCW direction; adding a common intensity modulation to the first signal, to produce an intensity modulated CW signal; adding the same common intensity modulation to the second signal, to produce an intensity modulated CCW signal; introducing the intensity modulated CW signal into the resonator; introducing the intensity modulated CCW signal into the resonator; detecting modulated rate signals that are output from the resonator at a common intensity modulation frequency; and adjusting a power level ratio between the first and second power levels, to determine a modified power level ratio value where a Kerr effect bias instability due to an asymmetrical loss distribution is reduced or eliminated.