Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network

Owing to the characteristics of ultralow loss and antielectromagnetic interference, using optical fiber to deliver time and frequency signals has been a preferred choice for high-precision clock dissemination and comparison. As a brilliant idea, one has been able to reproduce ultrastable signals fro...

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Main Authors: Jialiang Wang, Wei Chen, Qin Liu, Nan Cheng, Zitong Feng, Fei Yang, Youzhen Gui, Haiwen Cai
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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Wei Chen
Qin Liu
Nan Cheng
Zitong Feng
Fei Yang
Youzhen Gui
Haiwen Cai
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Qin Liu
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Fei Yang
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description Owing to the characteristics of ultralow loss and antielectromagnetic interference, using optical fiber to deliver time and frequency signals has been a preferred choice for high-precision clock dissemination and comparison. As a brilliant idea, one has been able to reproduce ultrastable signals from one local station to multiple users. In this paper, we take a step further and propose a concept of multiclock (in different locations) dissemination for multiterminals. By injecting frequency signals into one stabilized ring-like fiber network, the relative stabilities of 3.4 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;14</sup>&#x0040;1 s for a master clock dissemination and 5.1 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;14 </sup>&#x0040;1 s for a slave clock dissemination have been achieved. The proposed scheme can greatly simplify the future &#x201C;N&#x201D; to &#x201C;N&#x201D; radio-frequency dissemination network, especially in the situation of multiclock comparison.
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spelling doaj-art-71ea0a49edd84da8898b9b7c37fd18cc2025-08-20T03:14:51ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-01921710.1109/JPHOT.2017.26821167885038Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber NetworkJialiang Wang0Wei Chen1Qin Liu2Nan Cheng3Zitong Feng4Fei Yang5Youzhen Gui6Haiwen Cai7Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaOwing to the characteristics of ultralow loss and antielectromagnetic interference, using optical fiber to deliver time and frequency signals has been a preferred choice for high-precision clock dissemination and comparison. As a brilliant idea, one has been able to reproduce ultrastable signals from one local station to multiple users. In this paper, we take a step further and propose a concept of multiclock (in different locations) dissemination for multiterminals. By injecting frequency signals into one stabilized ring-like fiber network, the relative stabilities of 3.4 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;14</sup>&#x0040;1 s for a master clock dissemination and 5.1 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;14 </sup>&#x0040;1 s for a slave clock dissemination have been achieved. The proposed scheme can greatly simplify the future &#x201C;N&#x201D; to &#x201C;N&#x201D; radio-frequency dissemination network, especially in the situation of multiclock comparison.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7885038/Optical fiberfrequency disseminationmulticlock comparison.
spellingShingle Jialiang Wang
Wei Chen
Qin Liu
Nan Cheng
Zitong Feng
Fei Yang
Youzhen Gui
Haiwen Cai
Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
IEEE Photonics Journal
Optical fiber
frequency dissemination
multiclock comparison.
title Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
title_full Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
title_fullStr Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
title_full_unstemmed Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
title_short Ultrastable Multiclock Frequency Injection and Dissemination in a Ring Fiber Network
title_sort ultrastable multiclock frequency injection and dissemination in a ring fiber network
topic Optical fiber
frequency dissemination
multiclock comparison.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7885038/
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