[time-nuts] Stepping up the output of an OCXO

Dave Brown tractorb at ihug.co.nz
Sat Feb 3 01:10:44 EST 2007


Not sure if the NVE Isoloop range of GMR based high speed data 
couplers would have any advantages in this regard-their data is a bit 
sketchy but they would likely have similar issues- aside from 
certainly being fast enough.
DaveB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr Bruce Griffiths" <bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz>
To: "Don Collie" <donmer at woosh.co.nz>; "Discussion of precise time and 
frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stepping up the output of an OCXO


> Don
> Don Collie wrote:
>> Why not use an optocoupler as an isolation amplifier? - to the best 
>> of my
>> knowledge it would provide infinite isolation.
>> Cheers,.......................................Don Collie
>>
>>
>>
> And lots of noise.
> You will need a cleanup PLL on the output side.
> Also optocoupler isolation isn't infinite, there is a finite 
> capacitance
> between the closely spaced emitter and detector.
> Not all optoisolators are fast enough.
> The most effective way of using optical isolation is in fact to 
> modulate
> a stabilised laser and then couple the output into a fibre.
> This technique is employed to distribute stable frequencies to Radio
> telescope antennas especially when a large number are employed in an 
> array.
> A phase locked loo is used at the other end to cleanup the signal 
> after
> the photodetector.
> Fibre has the advantage in this and other applications where long 
> runs
> are involved that its propagation delay tempco is significantly 
> lower
> than that of coax.
> It is also possible to use fibre stretchers and other techniques to
> actively compensate variations in the fibre propagation delay.
>
> Isolation becomes particularly important when one mixes a pair of
> signals a few Hz apart and then analyses the zero crossing times of 
> the
> mixer output beat signal.
> It is easier to achieve a high isolation between RF frequencies than 
> at
> frequencies of a few Hz, JPL found fibre optic isolation can be
> invaluable in this case.
>
> Bruce
>
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