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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Reconfigurable electro-optic frequency shifters are provided. In various embodiments, the optical frequency shifter comprises a continuous optical spectrum medium; a discrete optical spectrum medium optically coupled to the continuous optical spectrum medium; and a tunable element operably coupled to the discrete optical spectrum medium, wherein: the discrete optical spectrum medium has N optical modes (I:{i. . . i}), said optical modes being ordered and equidistant in a frequency domain, wherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 3, each of the optical modes (i∈I) having a coupling constant κwith respect to the continuous optical spectrum medium, wherein at least one of the coupling constants κis different from the other coupling constants, the optical modes (I) having a coupling constant Ω with respect to one another, wherein the tunable element is configured to control the coupling constant Ω.