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Gyroscope types

Also called ring laser gyroscope, RLG, fiber-optic gyroscope, FOG, Sagnac effect

Rotation sensors used in navigation: ring laser and fiber-optic gyroscopes use light and the Sagnac effect; cold-atom gyroscopes use atom interferometry.

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