Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio frequency oscillator and associated source and apparatus
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Application No.: US16652326Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US10917047B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Sylvain Combrie , Alfredo De Rossi , Abdelmadjid Anane , Paolo Bortolotti
- Applicant: THALES , UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY , CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie; FR Saint-Aubin; FR Paris
- Assignee: THALES,UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY,CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
- Current Assignee: THALES,UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY,CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie; FR Saint-Aubin; FR Paris
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: FR1700998 20171002
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/076870 WO 20181002
- International Announcement: WO2019/068740 WO 20190411
- Main IPC: H03B17/00
- IPC: H03B17/00 ; H03B21/01

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a radiofrequency oscillator comprising an optical resonator being a ring waveguide allowing the propagation of a first wave in a first direction and of a second wave in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and the resonator comprising an active optical medium generating a first optical line from the first wave and a second optical line from the second wave, the resonator being in contact with a part made of a material featuring a magneto-optic effect, an applier of external magnetic field of adjustable intensity on the resonator generating a frequency offset between the first wave and the second wave, and a processing circuit converting the beat between the two optical lines in a radiofrequency signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200235703A1 RADIO FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR AND ASSOCIATED SOURCE AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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