• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 57, Issue 17, 170004 (2020)
Yanguang Sun1、2、*, Min Xu1, Yaqing Chen3, Rui Wu2, Youzhen Gui3、**, Nan Chen3, Kang Ying2, Fei Yang2, and Haiwen Cai2、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Science and Technology on Electronic Information Control Laboratory, Chengdu, Sichuan 610036, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Yanguang Sun, Min Xu, Yaqing Chen, Rui Wu, Youzhen Gui, Nan Chen, Kang Ying, Fei Yang, Haiwen Cai. Research Progress on Free-Space Laser Time-Frequency Transfer[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(17): 170004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental setup of free-space laser time and frequency transfer of Germany[12]
    Fig. 1. Experimental setup of free-space laser time and frequency transfer of Germany[12]
    Experimental setup of free-space laser time and frequency transfer of France[13]
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup of free-space laser time and frequency transfer of France[13]
    Experimental setup of optical frequency comb based free-space laser time-frequency transfer of USA[14]
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of optical frequency comb based free-space laser time-frequency transfer of USA[14]
    Optical clock comparison based on optical two-direction time-frequency transfer[11]. (a) Schematic of free-space optical clock comparison based on frequency comb and LOS; (b) schematic of LOS
    Fig. 4. Optical clock comparison based on optical two-direction time-frequency transfer[11]. (a) Schematic of free-space optical clock comparison based on frequency comb and LOS; (b) schematic of LOS
    Schematic of free-space optical clock synchronization based on optical frequency comb[19]
    Fig. 5. Schematic of free-space optical clock synchronization based on optical frequency comb[19]
    Schematic of free-space optical clock synchronization based on optical frequency comb[17]. (a) Pyramid on rail; (b) retro-reflector on quadcopter
    Fig. 6. Schematic of free-space optical clock synchronization based on optical frequency comb[17]. (a) Pyramid on rail; (b) retro-reflector on quadcopter
    Schematic of time frequency comparison of LTT[33]
    Fig. 7. Schematic of time frequency comparison of LTT[33]
    Schematic of clock comparison of T2L2 and configuration of ground station and space payload[35]. (a) Schematic of satellite-ground time clock comparison of T2L2; (b) configuration of ground station; (c) configuration of space payload
    Fig. 8. Schematic of clock comparison of T2L2 and configuration of ground station and space payload[35]. (a) Schematic of satellite-ground time clock comparison of T2L2; (b) configuration of ground station; (c) configuration of space payload
    Research unitTechnologyDistance /mTransmission signalStability
    Germany[12]Optical frequency transmission100Continuous laser1.68×10-13@1 s
    France[13]Optical frequency transmission5000Continuous laser1.3×10-14@1 s
    USA[14]OFC (optical fiber communication) transmission10OFC4×10-13@1 s
    USA[11]O-TWTFT2000OFC5×10-16@1 s
    China[23]China[25]China[31]RF (radio frequency) carried byOFC transmission RF carried by10060124RFOFCRF2×10-13@1 s8×10-14@1 s6.8×10-15@1 s
    Korea[32]OFC transmission76OFC<7×10-16@1 s
    Table 1. Comparison of performance of free-space laser time-frequency transmission obtained by research units
    Yanguang Sun, Min Xu, Yaqing Chen, Rui Wu, Youzhen Gui, Nan Chen, Kang Ying, Fei Yang, Haiwen Cai. Research Progress on Free-Space Laser Time-Frequency Transfer[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(17): 170004
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