Phase-coherent frequency comparison of optical clocks using a telecommunication fiber link

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Schnatz, Harald ^a   Terra, Osama ^a   Predehl, Katharina ^a,b   Feldmann, Thorsten ^a   Legero, Thomas ^a   Lipphardt, Burghard ^a   Sterr, Uwe ^a   Grosche, Gesine ^a   Holzwarth, Ronald ^b   Hänsch, Theodor W ^b   Udem, Thomas ^b   Lu, Zehuang H ^c   Wang, Li J ^c   Ertmer, Wolfgang ^d   Friebe, Jan ^d   Pape, Andrè ^d   Rasel, Ernst M ^d   Riedmann, Mathias ^d   Wübbena, Temmo ^d  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LINKS; GERMANY; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; OPTICAL CLOCKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARD; PHASE COHERENT; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS; UNIVERSITY OF HANOVER;

ATOMIC CLOCKS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649149399     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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