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Research on High-Precision Time–Frequency Phase-Synchronization Transmission Technology for Free-Space Optical Communication Systems on Mobile Platforms

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper proposes a free-space time–frequency phase (TFP)-synchronization transmission architecture based on optoelectronic hybrid technology, addressing the high-precision TFP synchronization and high-speed communication requirements between mobile platforms in distributed collaborative positioning and other applications. The proposed scheme utilizes symmetric free-space optical (FSO) links to effectively suppress drift errors, integrating the high bandwidth of optical links and the high stability of microwave links, enabling one-to-many networking synchronization between mobile platforms. The system adopts optical wireless transmission technology based on pseudo-code regenerative ranging, integrating 1.5 Gbps high-speed data transmission with high-precision TFP-synchronization functionality. An experimental system consisting of a main station and two auxiliary stations was established in an outdoor mobile platform scenario. Experimental results show that while achieving high-speed communication, the frequency synchronization precision is 0.0131 ppb, frequency stability is in the order of 10−10@1 s, and phase synchronization precision is approximately 3.56°. The system achieves time synchronization precision at the picosecond level. The proposed technology is highly suitable for high-precision synchronization communication in scenarios lacking fiber-optic infrastructure, effectively fulfilling rigorous requirements in mobile platform applications such as distributed collaborative positioning.

Source: Photonics

DOI: 10.3390/photonics12050467