中国物理B ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (7): 74208-074208.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/abf105

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Modeling of cascaded high isolation bidirectional amplification in long-distance fiber-optic time and frequency synchronization system

Kuan-Lin Mu(穆宽林)1, Xing Chen(陈星)2, Zheng-Kang Wang(王正康)1, Yao-Jun Qiao(乔耀军)1,†, and Song Yu(喻松)2,‡   

  1. 1 The State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;
    2 School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-02-18 修回日期:2021-03-15 接受日期:2021-03-23 出版日期:2021-06-22 发布日期:2021-07-02
  • 通讯作者: Yao-Jun Qiao, Song Yu E-mail:qiao@bupt.edu.cn;yusong@bupt.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61701040, 61771062, and 61871044), the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61901046), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Nos. 2019XD-A18 and 2019PTB-004), and the Youth Research and Innovation Program of BUPT (Grant No. 2017RC13).

Modeling of cascaded high isolation bidirectional amplification in long-distance fiber-optic time and frequency synchronization system

Kuan-Lin Mu(穆宽林)1, Xing Chen(陈星)2, Zheng-Kang Wang(王正康)1, Yao-Jun Qiao(乔耀军)1,†, and Song Yu(喻松)2,‡   

  1. 1 The State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;
    2 School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • Received:2021-02-18 Revised:2021-03-15 Accepted:2021-03-23 Online:2021-06-22 Published:2021-07-02
  • Contact: Yao-Jun Qiao, Song Yu E-mail:qiao@bupt.edu.cn;yusong@bupt.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61701040, 61771062, and 61871044), the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61901046), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Nos. 2019XD-A18 and 2019PTB-004), and the Youth Research and Innovation Program of BUPT (Grant No. 2017RC13).

摘要: We propose a physical model of estimating noise and asymmetry brought by high isolation Bi-directional erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (Bi-EDFAs), no spontaneous lasing even with high gain, in longdistance fiber-optic time and frequency (T/F) synchronization system. It is found that the Rayleigh scattering noise can be suppressed due to the high isolation design, but the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise generated by the high isolation Bi-EDFA and the bidirectional asymmetry of the transmission link caused by the high isolation Bi-EDFA will deteriorate the stability of the system. The calculated results show that under the influence of ASE noise, the frequency instability of a 1200 km system composed of 15 high isolation Bi-EDFAs is 1.773×10-13/1 s. And the instability caused by asymmetry is 2.6064×10-16/30000-35000 s if the total asymmetric length of the bidirectional link length is 30 m. The intensity noises originating from the laser and detector, the transfer delay fluctuations caused by the variation in ambient temperature and the jitter in laser output wavelength are also studied. The experiment composed of three high isolation Bi-EDFAs is done to confirm the theoretical analysis. In summary, the paper shows that the short-term instability of the T/F synchronization system composed of high isolation Bi-EDFAs is limited by the accumulation of ASE noise of amplifiers and the laser frequency drift, while the long-term instability is limited by the periodic variation in ambient temperature and the asymmetry of the amplifiers. The research results are useful for pointing out the direction to improve the stability of the fiber-optic T/F synchronization system.

关键词: time and frequency synchronization, erbium-doped fiber amplifier, instability, Allan deviation

Abstract: We propose a physical model of estimating noise and asymmetry brought by high isolation Bi-directional erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (Bi-EDFAs), no spontaneous lasing even with high gain, in longdistance fiber-optic time and frequency (T/F) synchronization system. It is found that the Rayleigh scattering noise can be suppressed due to the high isolation design, but the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise generated by the high isolation Bi-EDFA and the bidirectional asymmetry of the transmission link caused by the high isolation Bi-EDFA will deteriorate the stability of the system. The calculated results show that under the influence of ASE noise, the frequency instability of a 1200 km system composed of 15 high isolation Bi-EDFAs is 1.773×10-13/1 s. And the instability caused by asymmetry is 2.6064×10-16/30000-35000 s if the total asymmetric length of the bidirectional link length is 30 m. The intensity noises originating from the laser and detector, the transfer delay fluctuations caused by the variation in ambient temperature and the jitter in laser output wavelength are also studied. The experiment composed of three high isolation Bi-EDFAs is done to confirm the theoretical analysis. In summary, the paper shows that the short-term instability of the T/F synchronization system composed of high isolation Bi-EDFAs is limited by the accumulation of ASE noise of amplifiers and the laser frequency drift, while the long-term instability is limited by the periodic variation in ambient temperature and the asymmetry of the amplifiers. The research results are useful for pointing out the direction to improve the stability of the fiber-optic T/F synchronization system.

Key words: time and frequency synchronization, erbium-doped fiber amplifier, instability, Allan deviation

中图分类号:  (Optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers)

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42.60.Da (Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings) 42.79.-e (Optical elements, devices, and systems) 07.60.Vg (Fiber-optic instruments)