期刊
METROLOGIA
卷 54, 期 3, 页码 348-354出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1681-7575/aa65fe
关键词
optical fiber frequency transfer; atomic fountain clocks; international fountain clock comparison
资金
- Leibniz Universitat Hannover
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [LIOM 2011-BS04-009-01, ANR-10-LABX-48-01, ANR-11-EQPX-0039]
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
- Conseil Regional Ile-de-France (DIM Nano'K)
- CNRS
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [CRC 1128]
- European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) [SIB02, SIB55]
- European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR) [15SIB05]
- EMRP/EMPIR within EURAMET
- European Union
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-11-EQPX-0039] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
We report on the first comparison of distant caesium fountain primary frequency standards (PFSs) via an optical fiber link. The 1415 km long optical link connects two PFSs at LNE-SYRTE (Laboratoire National de metrologie et d'Essais-SYstsme de References TempsEspace) in Paris (France) with two at PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) in Braunschweig (Germany). For a long time, these PFSs have been major contributors to accuracy of the International Atomic Time (TAI), with stated accuracies of around 3 x 10(-16). They have also been the references for a number of absolute measurements of clock transition frequencies in various optical frequency standards in view of a future redefinition of the second. The phase coherent optical frequency transfer via a stabilized telecom fiber link enables far better resolution than any other means of frequency transfer based on satellite links. The agreement for each pair of distant fountains compared is well within the combined uncertainty of a few 10(-16) for all the comparisons, which fully supports the stated PFSs' uncertainties. The comparison also includes a rubidium fountain frequency standard participating in the steering of TAI and enables a new absolute determination of the Rb-87 ground state hyperfine transition frequency with an uncertainty of 3.1 x 10(-16.) This paper is dedicated to the memory of Andre Clairon, who passed away on 24 December 2015, for his pioneering and long-lasting efforts in atomic fountains. He also pioneered optical links from as early as 1997.
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