Development of Optical Fiber Frequency and Time Distribution Systems

Abstract

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is engaged in the development of ultra stable optical fiber distribution systems for the dissemination of frequency and timing references. The ultimate design goals for these systems are a frequency stability of 10(-17) for T greater than or minus to 100 sec and time stability of plus or minus to 0.1 ns for 1 year and operation over distances greater than or minus 30 km. This paper will review last years report, describe a prototype system being implemented and discuss progress made in the past year. Preliminary work on an optimal fiber reference frequency distribution system was reported at last year's PTTI conference. This paper is a progress report on this effort and will begin with a brief review, followed by a description of the prototype system and progress made in the last year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA492991

Entities

People

  • George Lutes

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Deep Space
  • Fibers
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Optical Fibers
  • Standards
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Software Engineering