Stable photonic links for frequency and time transfer in the deep-space network and antenna arrays

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1931-1946

  Calhoun, Malcolm ^a   Huang, Shouhua ^a   Tjoelker, Robert L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency stability; Optical fiber applications; Timing

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NASA; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIO NAVIGATION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME; DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; FIBER-OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; OPTICAL FIBER APPLICATIONS; TIMING; TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS; ULTRA-STABLE MICROWAVES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 64149110548     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.905048     Document Type: Article

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