Patent ID: 8054522

Claim:
Geometric-waveform oscillator for processing light, the geometric-waveform oscillator comprising: at least one light processing module and a plurality of additional masses coupled to each other via a plurality of elastic elements, forming altogether a system of coupled oscillators characterized by n eigenvectors and n eignevalues respectively corresponding to n frequencies; and at least one force producing element configured for applying to said system of coupled oscillators a periodic driving force characterized by a fundamental frequency ω o ; wherein for a given mass value of said light processing module, the mass values of said masses and the stiffness coefficients of said elastic elements, are selected such that (i) each of said n corresponding frequencies is an integer multiplication of said ω o , and (ii) at least one of said eigenvectors corresponds to oscillation of said light processing module, wherein the oscillation is a geometric-waveform selected from the list consisting of triangular; non-sinusoidal; and square.