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Microwave receiver front-end assembly and array

US7835600B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 2008
Grant dateNov 16, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/307
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for modulating an optical carrier by an incident electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field propagates in a dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide, At least one slice of an electro-optic material is disposed in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide, the electro-optic material in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide having at least one optical waveguide therein which has at least a major portion thereof guiding light in a direction orthogonal with respect to a direction in which the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide guides the incident electromagnetic field. Light is caused to propagate in the at least one optical waveguide in the at least one slice of an electro-optic material in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide for modulation by the incident electromagnetic field.

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