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Simultaneous measurement of the transit time of radio and optical signals
Applied Optics
|January 14, 2010
Abstract:
A technique has been developed for measuring transit times over ranges of the order of 100 km with a precision of about 1 psec. One-way transmission is used for the optical signal with the resulting increase in received light intensity over two-way systems. A preliminary model has been tested over a 65-km path in Hawaii and the results are given.
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