posted on 2023-11-30, 06:11authored byIsaac Khader, Hugo Bergeron, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, Jean-Daniel Deschênes
Free space optical (FSO) communication channels are typically used to transmit high-speed data between sites over the air. Here we repurpose an FSO digital communication system and use it directly for two-way time transfer. We demonstrate real-time synchronization between two sites over a turbulent air path of 4 km using binary phase modulated CW laser light. Under synchronization, the two sites exhibit a fractional frequency deviation below $10^{-15}$ and a time deviation below 1 picosecond at averaging times of seconds to hours. Over an 8-hour period the peak to peak wander is 16 ps.
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