Abstract

We report the synchronization and optical-phase stabilization of a 1550 nm mode-locked laser to the fs frequency comb of an optical atomic clock. The phase- stabilization of a 1550-nm mode-locked source enables the transfer of frequency and timing references over standard optical fiber networks. The transfer of a timing signal with jitter < 40 fs, integrated over a 100 kHz bandwidth, is achieved with active noise cancellation of the fiber transmission path.

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