(19)
(11) EP 2 185 972 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
01.06.2016 Bulletin 2016/22

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
09.03.2016 Bulletin 2016/10

(21) Application number: 07827641.7

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G02F 1/225(2006.01)
G02F 1/03(2006.01)
 G02F 2/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IT2007/000587
(87) International publication number:
WO 2009/022361 (19.02.2009 Gazette 2009/08)

(54)

ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN OPTICAL FREQUENCY SHIFTER

ELEKTRISCH ANGESTEUERTER OPTISCHER FREQUENZUMSETZER

DISPOSITIF OPTIQUE DE DECALAGE DE FREQUENCE COMMANDE ELECTRIQUEMENT

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(43) Date of publication of application:
19.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/20

(73) Proprietor: FINMECCANICA - Società per azioni
Roma (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • DISPENZA, Massimiliano
    I-00177 Roma (IT)
  • FIORELLO, Anna Maria
    I-00186 Roma (IT)
  • VARASI, Mauro
    I-00177 Roma (IT)

(74) Representative: Bergadano, Mirko et al
Studio Torta S.p.A. Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 1 424 591
 US-A1- 2003 002 766
   
  • DESORMIERE B ET AL: "AN INTEGRATED OPTIC FREQUENCY TRANSLATOR FOR MICROWAVE LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS" JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, US, vol. 8, no. 4, 1 April 1990 (1990-04-01), pages 506-513, XP000126585 ISSN: 0733-8724
  • F.LUCCHI ET AL.: "Very low voltage single drive domain inverted LiNbO3 integrated electro-optic modulator" OPTICS EXPRESS, vol. 15, no. 17, 9 August 2007 (2007-08-09), pages 10739-10743, XP002479927
   
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