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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shih-yuan (Sy) Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shih-Yuan (SY) Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/12 (2011.01); H04B 10/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical heterodyne device includes an optical meta-material exhibiting non-linear behavior. The optical meta-material mixes an input signal and a local signal to produce a heterodyne signal.