Long-distance fiber-optical transfer of a radio-frequency control signal for radio-astronomy and sensing applications

Baldwin, K. G.H.; He, Y.; Orr, B. J.; Warrington, R. B.; Luiten, A. N.; Mirtschin, P.; Tzioumis, T.; Phillips, C.; Aben, G.; Newlands, T.; Rayner, T.

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Long-distance fiber-optical transfer of a radio-frequency control signal for radio-astronomy and sensing applications

Date

2016-08-29

Authors

Abstract

Passive phase-conjugation enables precise fiber-optical transfer of radio-frequency reference signals over long distances, yielding high long-term stability for radio-astronomy and remote-sensing applications without active path-length stabilization.