DocumentCode
2478184
Title
Two-way time and frequency transfer using optical fibers
Author
Jefferts, S.R. ; Weiss, M. ; Dilla, S. ; Parker, T.E.
Author_Institution
Time & Frequency Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
17-21 June 1996
Firstpage
520
Lastpage
521
Abstract
A two-way time and frequency transfer technique using SONET (SDH) protocol is described. The system has demonstrated stabilities of 10 ps in "loopback" configuration. Preliminary measurements on a system performing full two-way time transfer shows stabilities of better than 100 ps at 100 seconds, limited by flicker phase modulation.
Keywords
SONET; frequency measurement; optical fibres; optical modulation; phase modulation; synchronous digital hierarchy; time measurement; 10 to 100 ps; SDH; SONET; flicker phase modulation; loopback configuration; optical fibers; time stabilities; two-way frequency transfer; two-way time transfer; Frequency; Optical fibers; Performance evaluation; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Protocols; SONET; Stability; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
Conference_Location
Braunschweig, Germany
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3376-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CPEM.1996.547328
Filename
547328
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