of the invention is disclosed in fig6 a and 6b with reference to these figures a solid state ring laser gyroscope 100 is generally shown having a monolithic frame 102 the frame is cut away exposing a leg 112 at each of the corners of the frame 102 are corner mirrors 104 106 108 and 110 an output optics prism 109 is positioned on semi transparent mirror 108 for detecting the output light from the laser cavity the mirrors are aligned to define a non planar pathway 105 a laser source 116 uses a lens 118 to focus an input excitation beam on the active medium nd yag crystal 120 the active medium crystal 120 is excited by the input beam from the lens 118 and a strong magnetic field 122 h provided by axially poled magnets 114a and 114b is applied axially to the active medium in order to achieve the split gain effect in this manner an alternate embodiment of a monolithic frame ring laser gyroscope is presented which can be the same size and is suitable for sensing rotation in a configuration not unlike the gaseous medium split gain multioscillator ring laser gyroscope but without the need for cathodes and anodes requiring high voltage to stimulate the amplification of light to a lasing stage the laser action arises in the solid state crystal medium 120 thereby providing a gyroscope which is far less complex and not subjected to the temperature changes due to the presence of a gas plasma common in the gaseous medium multioscillator of the prior art as explained above the split gain gyro concept requires that the gain.