Impact of semiconductor laser frequency deviations on fiber optic frequency reference distribution systems

Author

Logan, Ronald T., Jr. ; Lutes, George F. ; Maleki, Lute

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

31 May-2 Jun 1989

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

217

Abstract

An analysis is presented of the effect of the linewidth of a single-longitudinal-mode semiconductor laser on the frequency stability of a frequency reference transmitted over single-mode optical fiber. The interaction of the random laser frequency deviations with the dispersion of the optical fiber is considered to determine theoretically the effect on the Allan deviation of the transmitted frequency reference. It is shown that the magnitude of this effect may determine the limit on the ultimate stability possible for frequency reference transmission on optical fiber, although it is not a serious limitation to present system performance

Keywords

frequency measurement; frequency stability; measurement standards; optical fibres; optical links; synchronisation; Allan deviation; fiber optic frequency reference distribution systems; frequency reference; frequency reference transmission on optical fiber; frequency stability; optical fiber dispersion; random laser frequency deviations; semiconductor laser frequency deviations; single-longitudinal-mode semiconductor laser; single-mode optical fiber; ultimate stability; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Masers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control, 1989., Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Symposium on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1989.68867

Filename

68867