TY - JOUR
KW - pfc
AU - K. Holman
AU - D. Jones
AU - D. Hudson
AU - Jun Ye
AB - We report the precise transfer of radio-frequency signals by use of the pulse repetition frequency of mode-locked laser sources at 1.5 μm transmitting through a fiber network. The passive transfer instability through a 6.9-km fiber is below 3×10-14 at 1 s, which is comparable with the optical carrier-frequency transfer of a narrow-linewidth cw laser. The instability of the measurement system is below 7×10-15 at 1 s. It is noted that the pulsed mode of operation offers almost an order-of-magnitude improvement in stability at 1 s over that with a sinusoidal amplitude modulation on an optical carrier.

© 2004 Optical Society of America
BT - Optics Letters
DA - 2004-07
DO - 10.1364/OL.29.001554
N2 - We report the precise transfer of radio-frequency signals by use of the pulse repetition frequency of mode-locked laser sources at 1.5 μm transmitting through a fiber network. The passive transfer instability through a 6.9-km fiber is below 3×10-14 at 1 s, which is comparable with the optical carrier-frequency transfer of a narrow-linewidth cw laser. The instability of the measurement system is below 7×10-15 at 1 s. It is noted that the pulsed mode of operation offers almost an order-of-magnitude improvement in stability at 1 s over that with a sinusoidal amplitude modulation on an optical carrier.

© 2004 Optical Society of America
PY - 2004
EP - 1554
T2 - Optics Letters
TI - Precise frequency transfer through a fiber network by use of 1.5-micrometer mode-locked sources
VL - 29
SN - 0146-9592
ER -