Probing shot noise limit in a high sensitivity giant passive resonant gyroscope
Abstract
Real time monitoring of Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) requires gyroscopes with extreme rotation sensitivity. Although passive resonant gyroscopes (PRGs) theoretically offer a lower quantum noise limit than active ring laser gyroscopes (RLGs), their practical performance has historically lagged by over two orders of magnitude behind state-of-the-art RLGs (10-11 rad/s/√Hz). Here, we close this gap using the 64 m2 HUST-2 PRG. By systematically suppressing dominant technical noises, we achieve a rotation sensitivity of 3 × 10-11 rad/s/√Hz, reaching a performance comparable to the world's best RLGs. Furthermore, we establish a precise shot noise model and experimentally demonstrate a fundamental sensitivity limit of 5.7(1) × 10-13 rad/s/√Hz at 1 mW incident light power. These results confirm the system's potential for a further two orders of magnitude improvement, paving the way for high frequency EOP measurements and terrestrial tests of General Relativity.
Citation Information
@article{jiezhang2026,
title={Probing shot noise limit in a high sensitivity giant passive resonant gyroscope},
author={Jie Zhang and Yu Hong Zhong and Yang Sheng Cai and Zhan Hao Liu and Lei Zheng and Yun He Wang and Xiao Jun Huang and Zhi Yuan Wang and Kui Liu and Liang Cheng Tu and Jun Luo and Zehuang Lu},
journal={Research Square},
year={2026},
doi={https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9473105/v1}
}
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