• DocumentCode
    3527088
  • Title

    Fiber Distribution of Local Oscillator for Atacama Large Millimeter Array

  • Author

    Shillue, William

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Radio Astron. Obs., Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The ALMA photonic reference is a tunable, phase-stable local oscillator (LO) reference for a radio astronomy array. The LO is 27-122 GHz, actively phase corrected, and distributed on 15-km of fiber.
  • Keywords
    astronomical instruments; microwave photonics; millimetre wave devices; optical fibres; Atacama large millimeter array; distance 15 km; frequency 27 GHz to 122 GHz; local oscillator; phase stability; radio astronomy array; Antenna measurements; Assembly; Atmospheric waves; Frequency; Local oscillators; Optical fibers; Phased arrays; Radio astronomy; Stability; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528513
  • Filename
    4528513
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3527088