is similar to rlg 10 shown in fig1 except that capacitive plates 152 and 154 capacitive plate 154 not shown in fig4 have been substituted for inductive coil 26 fig5 schematically shows a side view of ring laser gyroscope 150 one gain bore section e g discharge bore 22 is juxtaposed between embedded capacitive plates 152 and 154 capacitive plate 152 is coupled by conductor 32 to pulsed rf supply 34 and capacitive plate 154 is coupled by conductor 38 to pulsed rf supply 34 any suitable conductive material may be used to form the capacitive plates for example conductive adhesive strips may be utilized to form capacitive plates 152 and 154 fig6 illustrates another alternative embodiment of a portion of a rlg 200 which can be utilized which pulsed rf supply 34 rlg 200 includes a gyroscope block 202 and a plurality of pairs of capacitive plates specifically gyroscope block 202 includes six pairs of capacitive plates in fig6 capacitive plates 204 206 208 210 212 and 214 are shown similarly to fig4 capacitive plates which are opposite the discharge bore corresponding to capacitive plates 204 206 208 210 212 and 214 are not shown the embodiment of fig6 should be construed as an illustration and not a limitation those of skill in the art will understand that a greater or lesser number of such plates may be used in configurations employing the methods and apparatus described herein fig7 illustrates still.