Title :
Transfer of a 1486.3 MHz frequency standard over installed fibre links for local oscillator distribution with a stability of 1 picosecond
Author :
McCool, R. ; Bentley, M. ; Argo, M.K. ; Spencer, R. ; Garrington, S.
Author_Institution :
Jodrell Bank Obs., Univ. of Manchester, Macclesfield
Abstract :
Details of a local oscillator distribution system over 110 km of installed fibre with an r.m.s. stability of, 1 ps in 1 second, 2 ps in 1 minute and 4 ps in 10 minutes.
Keywords :
frequency standards; optical fibre communication; optical links; oscillators; L-band link; frequency 1486.3 MHz; frequency standard; installed fibre links; local oscillator distribution; rms stability; time 1 min; time 1 s; time 10 min; Delay; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Local oscillators; Optical fiber devices; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase measurement; Radio astronomy; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729488
