Measurement of Fiber-Induced One-Way Noise Over Deployed Optical Links for Quantum Networks
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zhang, Helena; Grein, Matthew E.; Hamilton, Scott A.; Chuang, Isaac
- Source
- 2018 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM) Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM), 2018 IEEE. :73-74 Jul, 2018
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber networks
Optical fiber amplifiers
Optical fiber sensors
quantum networks
mode-locked lasers
optical cross correlation
- Language
- ISSN
- 2376-8614
Noise imparted to an optical signal propagating along a 42-km deployed optical fiber link is measured using two different techniques employing referenced mode-locked lasers. We compare the two techniques and assess their suitability for stabilizing the fiber link for quantum networks.