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In a high-precision optical fiber time transfer system, in order to solve the scientific problem of time transfer dispersion deviation caused by the inconsistency of the two-way laser wavelengths, a high-precision time transfer method based on laser wavelength tracking is proposed in this paper. In the two-way time comparison, the laser emitted by the local site is used as a reference, and other lasers in the system track the reference, and the difference between the two-way laser wavelengths is small enough and stable for a long time, thereby greatly reducing the time transfer deviation caused by the inconsistency of the two-way laser wavelengths. In order to verify the performance of laser wavelength tracking, a double-layer temperature controlled externally modulated laser is designed, an experimental device for automatic laser wavelength tracking is designed, and laser wavelength tracking experimental modules are developed. The results show that the standard deviation of wavelength jitter is 55 fm, and the long-term relative stability of laser wavelength tracking is better than 5 fm@1×104 s, which ensures that the two laser wavelengths can remain relatively stable for a long time. In the case of long-distance fiber time transfer, by optimizing the setting value of the wavelength difference between each laser and the reference light on the link, the dispersion deviation of time transfer can be further reduced. In order to verify the feasibility of the high-precision optical fiber time transfer method based on laser wavelength tracking, a long-distance multi-station optical fiber time transfer experimental setup is built in our laboratory. The experiment is carried out in the laboratory by using 0.005, 250, 500, 750 km optical fiber links. The experimental results obtained on 750 km link show that the time transfer deviation is better than 5 ps, the stability is 4.7 ps@1 s, 0.4 ps@4×104 s, and the uncertainty is 8.4 ps. In the engineering application of optical fiber time transfer, by optimizing the working sequence of the system, the holding time length of the remote site clock can be reduced, and the accuracy of optical fiber time transfer can be further improved, which lays a foundation for realizing high-precision long-haul optical fiber time transfer.
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Keywords:
- optical fiber link /
- time synchronization /
- synchronization network /
- laser wavelength tracking
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图 1 双向同波分时光纤时间传递原理
Figure 1. Functional block diagram of bidirectional same-wave time division optical fiber time transfer.
图 2 激光波长自动跟踪原理框图
Figure 2. Functional block diagram of laser wavelength automatic tracking.
图 3 基于激光波长跟踪的高精度光纤时间传递实验装置原理
Figure 3. Schematic diagram of high-precision optical fiber time transfer experimental device based on laser wavelength tracking.
图 4 基于激光波长跟踪的高精度光纤时间传递系统工作时序图
Figure 4. Working sequence diagram of high-precision optical fiber time transfer system based on laser wavelength tracking.
图 5 激光波长自动跟踪实验装置图
Figure 5. Experimental device diagram of laser wavelength automatic tracking.
图 6 激光波长跟踪测试结果 (a) 波长跟踪抖动; (b) 波长跟踪稳定度
Figure 6. Laser wavelength tracking test results: (a) Wavelength tracking jitter; (b) wavelength tracking stability.
图 7 基于激光波长跟踪的高精度光纤时间传递测试系统
Figure 7. High precision optical fiber time transfer test system based on laser wavelength tracking.
图 8 测试系统波长跟踪差值设置
Figure 8. Wavelength tracking difference setting of test system.
图 9 基于激光波长跟踪的高精度光纤时间传递系统稳定度测试结果 (a) 时间抖动; (b) 时间传递稳定度
Figure 9. Stability test results of high-precision optical fiber time transfer system based on laser wavelength tracking: (a) Time jitter; (b) time transfer stability.
图 10 时间传递不确定与链路长度关系
Figure 10. Relationship between time transfer uncertainty and link length.
表 1 不同长度光纤链路开启激光波长跟踪前后时延值 (单位: ps)
Table 1. Time delay before and after laser wavelength tracking for different length fiber links (in ps).
节点间光纤长度/km 跟踪前后 0.001 50 100 150 前 后 前 后 前 后 前 后 远程端1号 2 1 36 3 79 2 115 4 远程端2号 –3 –2 76 –1 148 –3 217 –2 远程端3号 5 3 123 4 229 6 340 3 远程端4号 –4 –2 141 1 301 –3 451 –2 远程端5号 3 4 190 2 377 5 569 4 
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表 2 750 km实验室光纤时间传递不确定度
Table 2. Uncertainty of 750 km optical fiber time transfer in laboratory.
误差源 误差估计值 设备系统时延温漂$ {u}_{\rm{D}\rm{T}} $/ps 4.0 时间间隔测量误差$ {u}_{\rm{T}\rm{I}\rm{M}} $/ps 7.3 光纤色散系数温度漂移$ {u}_{\Delta D} $/ps 3.0 × 10–4 合成不确定度$ {U}_{\rm{c}} $/ps 8.4 激光器波长误差$ {u}_{\Delta \lambda } $/ps 0.8 (短期) 0.6 (长期)
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[1] Bartels A, Diddams S A, Oates C W, Wilpers G, Hollberg L 2005 Optics Lett. 30 667
Google Scholar
[2] Marion H, Santos F, Abgrall M, Zhang S, Sortais Y, Bize S 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 150801
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[4] Shillue B, AlBanna S, D'Addario L 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics Ogunquit, ME, USA, October 4–6, 2004 p201
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Liu J, Gao J, Xu G J, Jiao D D, Yan L L, Dong R F, Jiang H F, Liu T, Zhang S G 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 120602
Google Scholar
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