Title :
Optical frequency transfer over 38 km of installed fiber at less than 3 Ã\x97 10-19 residual fractional instability
Author :
Williams, P.A. ; Swann, W.C. ; Newbury, N.R.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Standards & Technol., Boulder
Abstract :
We transmit a narrow-linewidth cw laser at 1535 nm across 38 km of installed fiber. Through standard Doppler-cancellation techniques, we achieve a residual fractional frequency instability of 4 times 10-17 at 1 second averaging time.
Keywords :
Doppler effect; optical fibre networks; Doppler-cancellation techniques; continuous-wave laser; distance 38 km; fractional frequency instability; installed fiber link; narrow-linewidth laser; optical frequency transfer; residual fractional instability; wavelength 1535 nm; Acoustic signal detection; Band pass filters; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288394
