• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 6, 427 (2017)
Cheng CI1、2, Ying-xin ZHAO1、2、*, Hong WU1、2, Bo LIU1、2、3, Xue-song ZHANG1、2, and Yu ZHANG1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-017-7195-2 Cite this Article
    CI Cheng, ZHAO Ying-xin, WU Hong, LIU Bo, ZHANG Xue-song, ZHANG Yu. High-precision two-way time transfer system via long-distance commercial fiber link[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(6): 427 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Time synchronization techniques, especially on the pulse per second (PPS) temporal basis, have attracted growing research interests in recent years. In this paper, we have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a high-precision two-way time transfer (TWTT) system to realize long-distance dissemination of 1 PPS signal generated by a hydrogen maser. A dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) system and bi-directional erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (Bi-EDFAs) have also been adopted to suppress the impact of Rayleigh backscattering and optimize the signal to noise ratio (SNR) as well. We have theoretically analyzed the systematic delay in detail. The ultimate root mean square (RMS) variation of time synchronization accuracy is sub-26 ps and the time deviation can be reduced to as low as 1.2 ps at 100 s and 0.253 ps at 12 000 s, respectively.
    CI Cheng, ZHAO Ying-xin, WU Hong, LIU Bo, ZHANG Xue-song, ZHANG Yu. High-precision two-way time transfer system via long-distance commercial fiber link[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(6): 427
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