Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Particular coupling function
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-09
2006-05-09
Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Particular coupling function
C385S027000, C385S002000, C385S008000, C385S039000, C385S040000, C385S122000, C385S146000, C385S003000, C359S346000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07043117
ABSTRACT:
This application describes examples and implementations of optical devices and techniques based on use of whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonators that have nonlinear optical materials in multiple sectors where nonlinear coefficients of two adjacent sectors are oppositely poled.
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Ilchenko Vladimir
Maleki Lutfollah
Matsko Andrey B.
Savchenkov Anatoliy
California Institute of Technology
Healy Brian M.
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