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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Oleg Mitrofanov, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Oleg Mitrofanov, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes an optical resonator and a passive optical device. The optical resonator has first and second optical reflectors and an optical cavity interposed between the reflectors. The optical resonator includes an electro-optically responsive material. One of the reflectors is a distributed Bragg reflector. A passive optical device is configured to direct light through the first optical reflector. The optical resonator is configured to return a portion of the light through the first reflector.