Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 24, Issue 2, (2026)

Stable frequency transfer with 400 km unrepeatered fiber link [Early Posting]

Zhao Baodong, Luo Bin, Gao Hao, Zhu En, Shang Jianming, Cheng Jiahui, Zhang Jie, Liu Yapeng, Jiang Tianwei, Chen Ziyang, Yu Song, Guo Hong
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • China
  • Beijing Univ Posts
  • Peking University
  • 北京邮电大学
  • 北京大学信息科学技术学院
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    In this paper, we propose a method of stable frequency transfer over a 400~km link without external power supply by combining distributed Raman amplification (DRA) and remote optical pump amplification (ROPA). We elaborate on the advantages of these technologies and their physical limitations in unrepeatered frequency transfer. In this study, by integrating a specially designed ROPA and first-order DRA in a single-fiber bidirectional configuration over a 400~km ultralong-haul unrepeatered frequency link (with an average loss of 0.2 dB/km), a frequency instability of $8 \times 10^{-14}$ at 1~second integration time and $2 \times 10^{-16}$ at 10000 seconds integration time has been achieved.

    Paper Information

    Manuscript Accepted: Jul. 21, 2025

    Posted: Sep. 12, 2025

    DOI: 10.3788/COL202524.020602