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Xiaohua Feng, Kui Liu, Yuxuan Chen

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    This study presents a novel three-wave differential locking scheme for large-scale passive resonant gyroscopes (PRGs). This innovation significantly enhances the precision of Earth rotation rate measurements for geosciences applications.

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