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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Eman Namati, Belmont, MA (US);

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);

Ben Vakoc, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2934 (2013.01); G02B 6/2861 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary apparatus and method can be availed for providing at least one electromagnetic radiation. For example, it is possible to provide at least one first electromagnetic radiation having a frequency that changes over time with a first characteristic period. Further, with at least one hardware arrangement, it is possible to receive and modify the first electromagnetic radiation(s) into at least one second electromagnetic radiation having a frequency that changes over time with a second characteristic period. The second characteristic period can be smaller than the first characteristic period. The hardware arrangement(s) can include a resonant cavity having a round-trip propagation time for the first electromagnetic radiation(s) that can be approximately the same as the first characteristic period.


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