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ArticleNature2026

Chiral laser gyroscopes breaking the lock-in limit.

Yuan-Hao Mao, Ji-Peng Xu, Hong-Teng Ji, Li-Tian Yang, Zhong-Qi Tan, Yu-Chuan Quan, Tao Pu, Wei Shao, Jun-Quan Hu, Ran Huang and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yuan-Hao Mao *College of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China. maoyh96@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-6763
Ji-Peng Xu *College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. xujipeng14@nudt.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-259X
Hong-Teng Ji *College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.
Li-Tian YangCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.
Zhong-Qi TanCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.
Yu-Chuan QuanHuaguan Technology, Changsha, China.
Tao PuCollege of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China.
Wei ShaoCollege of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China.
Jun-Quan HuCollege of Communications Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China.
Ran HuangQuantum Information Physics Theory Research Team, Center for Quantum Computing (RQC), RIKEN, Wakoshi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-9403
Franco NoriQuantum Information Physics Theory Research Team, Center for Quantum Computing (RQC), RIKEN, Wakoshi, Japan. fnori@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3682-7432
Hui JingCollege of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. jinghui73@foxmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5091-2057

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ring laser gyroscopes (RLGs) measure rotation via the Sagnac effect: a slight difference in the frequency of the two counter-propagating beams within the resonator. However, at low rotation rates, an intrinsic limitation in RLGs, known as the lock-in phenomenon, counteracts this effect, precluding the widespread adoption of RLGs as motion sensors. Past efforts to avoid this phenomenon include mechanical dithering

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PMCPMC13293876

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