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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Stabilization of Long, Deployed Optical Fiber Links for Quantum Networks

Matthew E. Grein, Mark L. Stevens, Nicholas D. Hardy, P. Ben Dixon

Published Jan 1, 2017• 6 citations
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Abstract

We implemented an active feedback loop to compensate path-length drift on a deployed ~84-km-long optical fiber link between Lincoln Laboratory and MIT to enable quantum networking measurements and applications.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2017.ftu4f.6

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