Abstract

In this paper we experimentally demonstrate a transmission delay compensation scheme for precise fiber-optic time transfer. The scheme is based on a clock counter and an electronic variable delay line, which theoretically can provide unlimited compensation range. We perform successive tests in three optical fiber links of different lengths in which both continuous drifts and abrupt hop of the transmission delay are effectively compensated. The total transmission delay variation induced in the experiments is much larger than most of the reported cases. This large-dynamic compensation scheme is quite suitable for time transfer links whose transmission delay varies a lot.

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