{"title":"Accurate Signal Transmission Delay Measurement in Optical Fibers with Self-Calibration Configuration","authors":"H. Si, Bo Wang, Jingwen Dong, Lijun Wang, Y. Zuo","doi":"10.1109/FCS.2018.8597487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a compact signal transmission delay measurement system in optical fibers. The frequency of a microwave signal is locked to the signal transmission delay which can be obtained in frequency domain. With a frequency-scanning ambiguity resolving system, the signal transmission delay can be precisely determined. The system delay fluctuation is monitored in real-time and subtracted from the measurement result. This method achieves sub-picosecond uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":180164,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2018 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FCS.2018.8597487","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We demonstrate a compact signal transmission delay measurement system in optical fibers. The frequency of a microwave signal is locked to the signal transmission delay which can be obtained in frequency domain. With a frequency-scanning ambiguity resolving system, the signal transmission delay can be precisely determined. The system delay fluctuation is monitored in real-time and subtracted from the measurement result. This method achieves sub-picosecond uncertainty.