Please wait a minute...
Chin. Phys. B, 2024, Vol. 33(2): 020601    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad0718
GENERAL Prev   Next  

Robust free-space optical frequency transfer in time-varying link distances conditions

Zhou Tong(童周)1,2, Lei Liu(刘雷)2, Jia-Liang Wang(王家亮)2, Qian Cao(操前)2, Zhi-Cheng Jin(金志成)2, Kang Ying(应康)4, Shen-Sheng Han(韩申生)2,3,5, Zheng-Fu Han(韩正甫)1, and You-Zhen Gui(桂有珍)2,3,†
1 School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230000, China;
2 Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China;
3 Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
4 Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China;
5 Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
Abstract  Future inter-satellite clock comparison on high orbit will require optical time and frequency transmission technology between moving objects. Here, we demonstrate robust optical frequency transmission under the condition of variable link distance. This variable link is accomplished by the relative motion of a single telescope fixed on the experimental platform to a corner-cube reflector (CCR) installed on a sliding guide. Two acousto-optic modulators with different frequencies are used to separate forward signal from backward signal. With active phase noise suppression, when the CCR moves back and forth at a constant velocity of 20 cm/s and an acceleration of 20 cm/s2, we achieve the best frequency stability of 1.9×10-16 at 1 s and 7.9×10-19 at 1000 s indoors. This work paves the way for future studying optical frequency transfer between ultra-high-orbit satellites.
Keywords:  free-space      optical frequency transfer      variable link distance  
Received:  27 August 2023      Revised:  03 October 2023      Accepted manuscript online:  26 October 2023
PACS:  06.30.Ft (Time and frequency)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFB0408300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 62175246), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant No. 22ZR1471100), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. YIPA2021244), and the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology (Grant No. 2021ZD0300701).
Corresponding Authors:  You-Zhen Gui     E-mail:  yzgui@siom.ac.cn

Cite this article: 

Zhou Tong(童周), Lei Liu(刘雷), Jia-Liang Wang(王家亮), Qian Cao(操前), Zhi-Cheng Jin(金志成), Kang Ying(应康), Shen-Sheng Han(韩申生), Zheng-Fu Han(韩正甫), and You-Zhen Gui(桂有珍) Robust free-space optical frequency transfer in time-varying link distances conditions 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 020601

[1] Riehle F 2017 Nat. Photon. 11 25
[2] Giorgi G, Schmidt T D, Trainotti C, et al. 2019 Adv. Space Res. 64 1256
[3] Robertson D S 1991 Rev. Mod. Phys. 63 899
[4] Foreman S M, Holman K W, Hudson D D, Jones D J and Ye J 2007 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78 021101
[5] Sweeney D and Mueller G 2012 Opt. Express 20 25603
[6] Hinkley N, Sherman J A, Phillips N B, Schioppo M, Lemke N D, Beloy K, Pizzocaro M, Oates C W and Ludlow A D 2013 Science 341 1215
[7] Caldwell E D, Swann W C, Ellis J L, Bodine M I, Mak C, Kuczun N, Newbury N R, Sinclair L C, Muschinski A and Rieker G B 2020 Opt. Express 28 26661
[8] Sinclair L C, Giorgetta F R, Swann W C, Baumann E, Coddington I and Newbury N R 2014 Phys. Rev. A 89 023805
[9] Swann W C, Bodine M I, Khader I, Deschênes J D, Baumann E, Sinclair L C and Newbury N R 2019 Phys. Rev. A 99 023855
[10] Robert C, Conan J M and Wolf P 2016 Phys. Rev. A 93 033860
[11] Sprenger B, Zhang J, Lu Z and Wang L 2009 Opt. Lett. 34 965
[12] Djerroud K, Acef O, Clairon A, Lemonde P, Man C N, Samain E and Wolf P 2010 Opt. Lett. 35 1479
[13] Giorgetta F R, Swann W C, Sinclair L C, Baumann E, Coddington I and Newbury N R 2013 Nat. Photon. 7 434
[14] Kang H J, Yang J, Chun B J, Jang H, Kim B S, Kim Y J and Kim S W 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 1
[15] Bodine M I, Deschênes J D, Khader I H, Swann W C, Leopardi H, Beloy K, Bothwell T, Brewer S M, Bromley S L and Chen J S 2020 Phys. Rev. Res. 2 033395
[16] Gozzard D R, Howard L A, Dix-Matthews B P, Karpathakis S, Gravestock C and Schediwy S W 2022 Phys. Rev. Lett. 128 020801
[17] Shen Q, Guan J Y, Zeng T, Lu Q M, Huang L, Cao Y, Chen J P, Tao T Q, Wu J C, Hou L, Liao S K, Ren J G, Yin J, Jia J J, Jiang H F, Peng C Z, Zhang Q and Pan J W 2021 Optica 8 471
[18] Shen Q, Guan J Y, Ren J G, et al. 2022 Nature 610 661
[19] Bergeron H, Sinclair L C, Swann W C, Khader I, Cossel K C, Cermak M, Deschênes J D and Newbury N R 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 1819
[20] Dix-Matthews B P, Gozzard D R, Walsh S M, Mccann A S, Karpathakis S F E, Frost A M, Gravestock C T and Schediwy S W 2023 Opt. Express 31 15075
[21] Ando T, Haraguchi E, Tajima K, Hirano Y, Hanada T and Yamakawa S 2011 Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XXIII, January 22-27, 2011, San Francisco, USA, p. 113
[22] Xu C F, Han C and Jiang H L 2016 Infrared Laser Eng. 45 0822008
[23] Germann L M, Gupta A A and Lewis R A 1988 Acquisition, tracking, and pointing II, January 11-17, 1988, Los Angeles, USA, p. 96
[24] Cochran R W and Vassar R H 1990 Advances in Optical Structure Systems, April 16-20, Orlando, USA, p. 245
[25] Ma L S, Jungner P, Ye J and Hall J L 1994 Opt. Lett. 19 1777
[26] Dawkins S T, McFerran J J and Luiten A N 2007 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 54 918
[1] Coherent optical frequency transfer via 972-km fiber link
Xue Deng(邓雪), Xiang Zhang(张翔), Qi Zang(臧琦), Dong-Dong Jiao(焦东东), Dan Wang(王丹), Jie Liu(刘杰), Jing Gao(高静), Guan-Jun Xu (许冠军), Rui-Fang Dong(董瑞芳), Tao Liu(刘涛), and Shou-Gang Zhang(张首刚). Chin. Phys. B, 2024, 33(2): 020602.
[2] Performance analysis of quantum key distribution using polarized coherent-states in free-space channel
Zengte Zheng(郑增特), Ziyang Chen(陈子扬), Luyu Huang(黄露雨),Xiangyu Wang(王翔宇), and Song Yu(喻松). Chin. Phys. B, 2023, 32(3): 030306.
[3] A new method of calculating the orbital angular momentum spectra of Laguerre-Gaussian beams in channels with atmospheric turbulence
Xiao-zhou Cui(崔小舟), Xiao-li Yin(尹霄丽), Huan Chang(常欢), Zhi-chao Zhang(张志超), Yong-jun Wang(王拥军), Guo-hua Wu(吴国华). Chin. Phys. B, 2017, 26(11): 114207.
[4] Turbulence mitigation scheme based on multiple-user detection in an orbital-angular-momentum multiplexed system
Li Zou(邹丽), Le Wang(王乐), Sheng-Mei Zhao(赵生妹), Han-Wu Chen(陈汉武). Chin. Phys. B, 2016, 25(11): 114215.
[5] Experimental demonstration of single-mode fiber coupling using adaptive fiber coupler
Luo Wen (罗文), Geng Chao (耿超), Wu Yun-Yun (武云云), Tan Yi (谭毅), Luo Qi (罗奇), Liu Hong-Mei (刘红梅), Li Xin-Yang (李新阳). Chin. Phys. B, 2014, 23(1): 014207.
[6] Interaction of two edge dislocations in free-space propagation
He De(何德), Gao Zeng-Hui(高曾辉), Yan Hong-Wei(闫红卫), and Lü Bai-Da(吕百达) . Chin. Phys. B, 2011, 20(1): 014201.
[7] Partially coherent nonparaxial modified Bessel--Gauss beams
Gao Zeng-Hui (高曾辉), Lü Bai-Da (吕百达). Chin. Phys. B, 2006, 15(2): 334-339.
No Suggested Reading articles found!