Related papers: Stabilized free-space optical frequency transfer

We transferred the frequency of an ultra-stable laser over a 108 km urban fiber link comprising 22 km of optical communications network fiber simultaneously carrying Internet data traffic. The metrological signal and the digital data signal…

We report the synthesis and measurement of an ultra-precise and extremely stable optical frequency in the telecommunications window around 1543 nm. Using a fibre-based femtosecond frequency comb we have phase-stabilised a fibre laser at 194…

We present an experimental realization of the Optical Frequency Locked Loop (OFLL) applied to long-term frequency difference stabilization of broad-line DFB lasers. The presented design, based on an integrated phase-frequency detector chip,…

We transferred the frequency of an ultra-stable laser over 86 km of urban fiber. The link is composed of two cascaded 43-km fibers connecting two laboratories, LNE-SYRTE and LPL in Paris area. In an effort to realistically demonstrate a…

We present in this paper results on a new dissemination system of ultra-stable reference signal at 100 MHz on a standard fibre network. The 100 MHz signal is simply transferred by amplitude modulation of an optical carrier. Two different…

We demonstrate a laser-based underwater transfer of radio frequency clock signal with a phase compensation technique. With this frequency transfer scheme, a 100 MHz signal has been transferred over 5 m underwater link. Timing jitter power…

Free space optical (FSO) communication channels are typically used to transmit high-speed data between sites over the air. Here we repurpose an FSO digital communication system and use it directly for two-way time transfer. We demonstrate…

We report on an ultralow noise optical frequency transfer from a remotely located Sr optical lattice clock laser to a Ti:Sapphire optical frequency comb through telecom-wavelength optical fiber networks. The inherent narrow linewidth of the…

Doppler orbitography uses the Doppler shift in a transmitted signal to determine the orbital parameters of satellites including range and range-rate (or radial velocity). We describe two techniques for atmospheric-limited optical Doppler…

We demonstrate a compact frequency-stabilized laser at 1064 nm using Doppler-free saturation absorption spectroscopy of molecular iodine. The achieved laser frequency stability and linewidth are 5.7 10-12 (corresponding to an uncertainty of…

In the framework of optical high data rate satellite-to-ground links, we investigate the performance of a coherent receiver which combines an adaptive optics system and a digital carrier synchronization technique. We propose a digital…

Optical clock comparison via optical fibre links has been achieved over continental scales, but has not yet been demonstrated intercontinentally. The transfer of ultra-stable optical frequencies over transoceanic distances is a challenging…

In optical clocks, transitions of ions or neutral atoms are interrogated using pulsed ultra-narrow laser fields. Systematic phase chirps of the laser or changes of the optical path length during the measurement cause a shift of the…

Stable dissemination of terahertz (THz) signals over long distances is important for next-generation synchronization networks, radio astronomy, and high-capacity wireless systems. Optical fiber provides a low-loss platform for coherent…

We demonstrate a precision frequency measurement using a phase-stabilized 120-km optical fiber link over a physical distance of 50 km. The transition frequency of the 87Sr optical lattice clock at the University of Tokyo is measured to be…

Phase-coherent optical frequency transfer is essential for optical clock networking, relativistic geodesy, and distributed precision metrology. However, realizing coherent optical networks spanning thousands of kilometers in standard…

We present the experimental realization of a laser system for ground to satellite optical Doppler ranging at the atmospheric turbulence limit. Such a system needs to display good frequency stability (a few parts in 10^{-14}) whilst allowing…

Future free-space optical clock networks will require optical links for time and frequency transfer. In many potential realizations of these networks, these links will extend over long distances and will span moving platforms, e.g.…

Optical clocks with unprecedented accuracy of 10^(-18) will lead to innovations in many research areas. All the applications of optical clocks rely on the ability of precisely converting the frequency from one optical clock to another, or…

We introduce a simple and robust scheme for optical frequency transfer of an ultra-stable source light field via an optical frequency comb to a field at a target optical frequency, where highest stability is required, e.g. for the…