학술논문

Intercontinental Comparison of Lattice Clocks Using a Broadband VLBI Technique
Document Type
Conference
Source
2019 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF/IFC) Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF/IFC), 2019 Joint Conference of the IEEE International. :1-2 Apr, 2019
Subject
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Clocks
Lattices
Delays
Broadband antennas
Broadband communication
Frequency measurement
Masers
VLBI
Frequency transfer
optical clock
Language
ISSN
2327-1949
Abstract
We performed a frequency comparison of lattice clocks in Tokyo and Torino for the first time using broadband VLBI technique. Two portable antennas with 2.4 m diameters were installed at NICT Koganei headquarters and INAF Medicina Radio Observatory, close to Bologna, Italy, realizing a VLBI network together with Kashima large-aperture antenna of 34 m diameter. The clock signal at INAF was evaluated by INRIM using an optical fiber link between Medicina and Torino. The fractional frequency difference that VLBI evaluated was consistent with the difference between two HM frequencies which were separately calibrated by a Sr lattice clock at NICT and a Yb lattice clock at INRIM.