Patent ID: 6897998

Claim:
A carrier frequency converter for converting a first information carrier frequency of a first carrier to a second information carrier frequency of a second carrier, comprising: a) an input control optics assembly for receiving a first carrier and adjusting said first carrier in accordance with first desired frequency, polarization and beam propagation parameters; b) a non-linear optical medium for providing optical rectification of an output of said input control optics assembly; c) an output control optics assembly for receiving an output of said non-linear optical medium, and adjusting said non-linear optical medium output in accordance with second desired frequency, polarization and beam propagation parameters, wherein the output of said output control optics assembly is a second carrier having an information bandwidth equivalent to the information bandwidth of said first carrier; and, d) wherein said first information carrier frequency is in the optical frequency regime and said second information carrier frequency is in the radio or microwave regime.