• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 10, 101202 (2017)
Xu Yuan and Bo Wang*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.101202 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xu Yuan, Bo Wang. Using single wavelength light to improve the synchronization accuracy of the White Rabbit system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(10): 101202 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a new synchronization method for the White Rabbit system. Signals are transmitted in a single mode fiber in both directions with the same light wavelength. Without the complex calibration process of the fiber asymmetry parameter, the new method reduces the effect of chromatic dispersion and improves the synchronization accuracy. The experiment achieves timing synchronization accuracy below 200 ps over 50 km fiber constructed by different companies’ fiber spools. The proposed method would make White Rabbit technology immune to the chromatic dispersion of fiber links and can be applied to long distance synchronization.
    delayMM=ΔTXM+ΔRXM+ΔTXS+ΔRXS+δMS+δSM+εM+εS.(1)

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    delayMS=ΔTXM+δMS+εS+ΔRXS.(2)

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    delayMM=ΔTXM+ΔRXM+ΔTXS+ΔRXS+δMS+δSM+εM+εS+tTXM+tRXM+tTXS+tRXS.(3)

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    ΔTXM=ΔTXM+tTXM,ΔRXM=ΔRXM+tRXM,ΔTXS=ΔTXS+tTXS,ΔRXS=ΔRXS+tRXS.(4)

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    δMS=δSM.(5)

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    delayMS=ΔTXM+ΔRXS+δMS+εS.(6)

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    ΔTXS=(delayMMΔTXMΔRXMεSεM)/2skewPPS,ΔRXS=(delayMMΔTXMΔRXMεSεM)/2+skewPPS.(7)

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    Xu Yuan, Bo Wang. Using single wavelength light to improve the synchronization accuracy of the White Rabbit system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(10): 101202
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