• DocumentCode
    734020
  • Title

    Synchronization of optical oscillators over a free-space link at the femtosecond level

  • Author

    Deschenes, Jean-Daniel ; Sinclair, Laura C. ; Giorgetta, Fabrizio R. ; Swann, William C. ; Baumann, Esther ; Coddington, Ian ; Newbury, Nathan R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate time synchronization of two optical oscillators across a turbulent 4-km free-space link. The time offset between oscillators is below 4 fs at minute timescales with less than 50 fs wander over 40 hours.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical testing; synchronisation; distance 4 km; femtosecond level; optical oscillator synchronization; time synchronization; turbulent free-space link; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Synchronization; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184464