arXiv Open Access 2023

Free space optical link to a tethered balloon for frequency transfer

Nicolas Maron Sébastien Fernandez François-Xavier Esnault Thomas Lévèque Tepuaonini Muzeau +1 lainnya
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We present the results of an optical link to a corner cube on board a tethered balloon at 300 m altitude including a Tip/Tilt compensation for the balloon tracking. Our experiment measures the carrier phase of a 1542 nm laser, which is the useful signal for frequency comparison of distant clocks. An active phase noise compensation of the carrier is implemented, demonstrating a fractional frequency stability of 8x10-19 after 16 s averaging, which slightly (factor ~3) improves on best previous links via an airborne platform. This state-of-the-art result is obtained with a transportable set-up that enables a fast field deployment.

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Nicolas Maron

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Sébastien Fernandez

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François-Xavier Esnault

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Thomas Lévèque

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Tepuaonini Muzeau

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Peter Wolf

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Maron, N., Fernandez, S., Esnault, F., Lévèque, T., Muzeau, T., Wolf, P. (2023). Free space optical link to a tethered balloon for frequency transfer. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01899

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