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Which consequence results when excessively increasing power modulating the laser diode within fiber optic gyroscopes used for inertial navigation systems?

A)Increased random walk noise rates
B)Enhanced polarization maintaining fiber effects
C)Reduced gyroscope scale-factor linearity
D)Improved reciprocity error cancellation effectiveness

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Increased power causes greater temperature gradients leading to index of refraction fluctuations. This induces non-reciprocal phase shifts via the Sagnac effect, because thermal GRADIENT DRIFT violates gyro accuracy standards; therefore, random walk error increases rather than improved error cancellation at higher powers.

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