Timing Link

WAVE-100 – Stabilized RF over Fiber Link

Stability beyond active H-masers for frequency and time distribution

Optimized for precision reference frequency transfer (10 / 100 MHz)
Electronic delay stabilization: simple, robust, cost-efficient
Stability exceeding active H-masers
Synchronous time signals (1PPS, IRIG & NTP)

Description

WAVE Link allows precise transmission of frequency and time signals to kilometer distances using optical fibers with stability better than state-of-the-art masers.

It consist of a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX) unit, both equipped with advanced Cycle electro-optical modulation and fiber optic delay stabilization technology.
Its modular design enables application-specific configurations, including stable 1PPS, IRIG & NTP transfer, time interval counters, phase/frequency meters, and GNSS tracking and referencing.

Applications

Clock or RF signal transfer over long distances
Atomic clock signal distribution (H-masers, optical clocks, Cs, Rb etc.)
Atomic clock comparison between remote sites
UTC time realization and distribution
Reference signal distribution in space telescopes

Tech Specs

ADEV

<8E-14 @1s, <1.5E-14 @10s, <5E-15 @100s, <2E-15 @1000s, <8E-16 @10000s

Phase Noise at 100 MHz

-105 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz, -118 dBc/Hz at 10 Hz, -127 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz

Frequency range (input/output)

100 MHz & option 10 MHz

RX outputs

[2 – 4] x SMA type at [10 – 13 dBm] output power

Control system interface

TCP/IP

Dimensions, TX + RX

3U + 3U

Datasheet

WAVE-100