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Microwave frequency transfer with optical stabilisation

Sascha Schediwy, Andre Nicholas Luiten, Guido Aben, K. G. H. Baldwin, Yabai He, Brian J. Orr, B. Warrington

Published Apr 1, 2012• 4 citations
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Abstract

In this paper we present a novel frequency dissemination technique which uses an all-optical interferometer to sense length fluctuations with high precision, and then utilises this information to simultaneously stabilise a transmitted optical and signal and a microwave signal.
DOI
10.1109/eftf.2012.6502369

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