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Optical system design for femtosecond-level synchronization of clocks

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Author(s)

Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Hugo Bergeron, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Michael A. Cermak, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Abstract

Synchronization of optical clocks via optical two-way time-frequency transfer across free-space links can result in time offsets between the two clocks below tens of femtoseconds over many hours. The complex optical system necessary to support such synchronization is described in detail here.
Conference Dates
February 13-18, 2016
Conference Location
San Francisco, CA
Conference Title
SPIE Photonics West
Pub Type
Conferences

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220191

Keywords

optical two-way time-frequency transfer, optical synchronization, optical metrology, frequency comb
Time and frequency

Citation

Sinclair, L. , Swann, W. , Deschenes, J. , Bergeron, H. , Giorgetta, F. , Baumann, E. , Cermak, M. , Coddington, I. and Newbury, N. (2016), Optical system design for femtosecond-level synchronization of clocks, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220191 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created February 13, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018
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