WO2005055412A3 - Continuously tunable coupled opto-electronic oscillators having balanced opto-electronic filters - Google Patents

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WO2005055412A3
WO2005055412A3 PCT/US2004/040301 US2004040301W WO2005055412A3 WO 2005055412 A3 WO2005055412 A3 WO 2005055412A3 US 2004040301 W US2004040301 W US 2004040301W WO 2005055412 A3 WO2005055412 A3 WO 2005055412A3
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Danny Eliyahu
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Abstract

Devices and techniques for achieving continuous tuning of coupled opto-electronic oscillators with signal filtering in RF or microwave frequencies by optical filtering via two optical resonators in two separate optical paths.
PCT/US2004/040301 2003-12-01 2004-12-01 Continuously tunable coupled opto-electronic oscillators having balanced opto-electronic filters WO2005055412A2 (en)

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