Counting and metrology of distributed atomic clocks using metropolitan fiber

Abstract

We demonstrate a distributed atomic clocks network between Shanghai Institute of Optics and fine Mechanics (SIOM) and Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Test (SIMT). The frequency signals from three different clocks transfer in one fiber link and four clocks can have comparison in two different labs.By comparing the results of the comparison between the two labs, it was found that the consistency of the frequency signal is on the order of lower than 1E-15. And we also achieve consistency between two locations at the E-15 level of frequency reporting. This scheme can achieve distributed time counting and frequency dissemination of remote atomic clocks, which is a new exploration of the future time keeping laboratory mode.