时间和频率在113公里的自由空间传播
Qi Shen1,2,3, Jian-Yu Guan1,2,3, Ji-Gang Ren1,2,3
1Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Nature
|October 5, 2022
概括
研究人员在前所未有的113公里自由空间链路上实现了精确的时间频率传播,达到4×10−19的不稳定性. 这一突破使全球光学网络和未来的卫星计时成为可能.
科学领域:
- 物理
- 测量学
- 光学工程
背景情况:
- 光学时钟网络对于导航,重新定义秒钟和引力测试至关重要.
- 目前的光学时钟在10-19级实现频率不稳定.
- 全球光学网络在长距离的自由空间链路上需要类似的性能,这是以前无法实现的.
研究的目的:
- 通过长距离的自由空间链路展示高精度的时间频率传播.
- 在113公里内实现10-19的不稳定性.
- 确定全球范围的光学网络的可行性.
主要方法:
- 使用高功率的频率.
- 使用高稳定性和高效率的光学收发器系统.
- 实施有效的线性光学采样技术.
主要成果:
- 实现了6.3 × 10−20 ± 3.4 × 10−19的时间频率传播.
- 在113公里的自由空间链路上,在10,000秒内显示的不稳定性小于4 × 10−19.
- 证实了通道损失的稳定性到89dB.
结论:
- 报告的技术可以实现前所未有的长距离自由空间时间频率传播.
- 这一进步对于地面应用和未来的卫星时间频率传播至关重要.
- 这项研究为具有高性能时间传播的全球光学网络奠定了基础.
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