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We report the first demonstration of a long-distance ultra-stable frequency dissemination in the microwave range. A 9.15-GHz signal is transferred through an 86-km urban optical link with a fractional frequency instability of 1.3×10−15 at 1-s integration time and below 10−18 at one day. The optical link phase noise compensation is performed with a round-trip method. To achieve such a result we implement light polarisation scrambling and dispersion compensation. This link outperforms all the previous radio-frequency links and compares well with recently demonstrated full optical links.
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Lopez, O., Amy-Klein, A., Lours, M. et al. High-resolution microwave frequency dissemination on an 86-km urban optical link. Appl. Phys. B 98, 723–727 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3832-1
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