Time transfer by laser link-T2L2: An opportunity to calibrate RF links

40th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-106

  Guillemot, Philippe ^a   Samain, Etienne ^a,b   Vrancken, Patrick ^a,b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECIES; EXISTING SYSTEMS; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; LASER RANGING; MISSION LIFETIME; SPACE VEHICLES; ULTRA STABLE OSCILLATORS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTS; FOUNTAINS; OBSERVATORIES;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 80155152812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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