Title :
1.2-km timing-stabilized, polarization-maintaining fiber link with sub-femtosecond residual timing jitter
Author :
Peng, Michael Y. ; Callahan, Patrick T. ; Nejadmalayeri, A.H. ; Ming Xin ; Monberg, Eric ; Man Yan ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Fini, John M. ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A 1.2-km timing-stabilized, polarization-maintaining fiber link based on balanced optical cross-correlation was demonstrated with ~0.9 fs RMS timing jitter over 16 days and ~0.2 fs RMS timing jitter over 3 days.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical links; timing jitter; balanced optical cross-correlation; distance 1.2 km; femtosecond RMS timing jitter; polarization-maintaining fiber link; subfemtosecond residual timing jitter; time 16 day; timing-stabilized fiber link; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Temperature measurement; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
