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Performance of a 12-GHz fiber-optic system for beam-waveguide antenna stability testingA 12-GHz fiber-optic system is a critical part of a test configuration that was proposed for measuring the fractional frequency stability of the Deep Space Station (DSS)-13 beam-waveguide (BWG) antenna. This fiber-optic system is used to carry Ku-band (12-GHz) signals from a reference antenna to the DSS-13 BWG pedestal room. Tests performed only on the fiber-optic system portion of the overall test configuration showed that the 12-GHz fiber-optic system (installed at DSS-13) has a frequency stability of about 1.1 x 10(exp -16) for sampling time tau = 1000 sec for a nighttime run. This preliminary result establishes the lowest noise floor that can probably be achieved for the test configuration that will be used to measure the frequency stability of the DSS-13 BWG antenna.
Document ID
19920020129
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Authors
Otoshi, T. Y. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Franco, M. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lutes, G. F. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 15, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report 42-109: January-March 1992
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
92N29372
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 310-20-65-92-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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