Active mode-locked lasers and other photonic devices using electro-optic whispering gallery mode resonators
US7050212B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1671
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques and devices using whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonators, where the optical materials of the WGM resonators exhibit an electro-optical effect to perform optical modulation. Examples of actively mode-locked lasers and other devices are described.
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