Speaker
Dr
Michael Kriele
(University of Western Australia)
Description
We present the industrial mass manufacturing processes that has enabled us to develop the Frequency Distribution System for the mid-frequency Square Kilometre Array radio telescope. The system performs microwave frequency dissemination across an optical fibre network, encompassing 197 modular receive-transmit nodes and a total fibre link of > 3000 km, with individual segments up to 173 km in length. The system is designed to be cost effective, have a > 99.9% up time, and disseminate microwave-frequency signals with residual instability below $10^{−16}$.
Author
Dr
Michael Kriele
(University of Western Australia)
Co-authors
Mr
Charles Gravestock
(University of Western Australia)
Dr
Edward Gluszak
(University of Western Australia)
Mr
Kevin Choung
(University of Western Australia)
Mrs
Neethu Thomas
(University of Western Australia)
Sascha Schediwy
(University of Western Australia)
