Time transfer over a 2061 km telecommunication fiber-optic network with single-fiber and two-wavelength approach

Xinxing Guo; Bo Liu; Shaoshao Yu; Qian Jing; Jiang Chen; Lin Wu; Tao Liu; Ruifang Dong; Shougang Zhang

doi:10.3788/COL202523.041404

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 041404(2025)

Time transfer over a 2061 km telecommunication fiber-optic network with single-fiber and two-wavelength approach On the Cover

Xinxing Guo1... Bo Liu1, Shaoshao Yu1, Qian Jing2, Jiang Chen1, Lin Wu1, Tao Liu1,3,*, Ruifang Dong1,3,**, and Shougang Zhang13,*** |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Key Laboratory of Time Reference and Applications, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China

²School of Science, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China

³School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Xinxing Guo, Bo Liu, Shaoshao Yu, Qian Jing, Jiang Chen, Lin Wu, Tao Liu, Ruifang Dong, Shougang Zhang, "Time transfer over a 2061 km telecommunication fiber-optic network with single-fiber and two-wavelength approach," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 041404 (2025)

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