Ultrastable frequency dissemination via optical fiber at NICT

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1223-1228

  Fujieda, Miho ^a   Kumagai, Motohiro ^a   Gotoh, Tadahiro ^a   Hosokawa, Mizuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber noise cancellation; Frequency stability; Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber link; Phase measurement; Radio frequency (RF) transfer

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CALCIUM; CORUNDUM; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STABILITY;

COMPENSATION SYSTEMS; CRYOGENIC SAPPHIRE OSCILLATORS; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; LASER STABILITIES; OPTICAL FIBER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER LINK; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARDS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) TRANSFER; TELECOM FIBERS; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 63449087789     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.2008088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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