G02B 6/02061
Grating external to the fibre and in contact with the fibre
Official title: {Grating external to the fibre and in contact with the fibre, e.g. evanescently coupled, gratings applied to the fibre end (mechanically induced in the fibre G02B6/02071, surface relief on the fibre G02B6/02066)}
G02B6/02061 (Grating external to the fibre and in contact with the fibre) appears on 59 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical device and a method of forming an optical device31 Mar 2026US 12,591,094 B2Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Fiber optic switch employing moveable structure interaction with the evanescent field of a cladding-removed fiber11 Oct 2022US 11,467,336 B1General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- System and method for plasmonic control of short pulses in optical fibers28 Jun 2022US 11,374,378 B2Board of Visitors of Norfolk State University
- Microsphere based patterning of metal optic/plasmonic sensors including fiber based sensors27 Apr 2021US 10,989,867 B2The Curators of the University of Missouri
- System and method for plasmonic control of short pulses in optical fibers25 Aug 2020US 10,756,503 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Opto-acoustic interrogator system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098782 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Electronic Devices With Gaze Trackers14 Mar 2024US 2024/0085703 A1Apple Inc.
- Fiber optic switch employing moveable structure interaction with the evanescent field of a cladding-removed fiber3 Nov 2022US 2022/0350075 A1General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- An optical device and a method of forming an optical device9 Jun 2022US 2022/0175251 A1Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- System and method for plasmonic control of short pulses in optical fibers25 Feb 2021US 2021/0057870 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optics system73US 5,315,436 A1994
- Optical detection of label-free biomolecular interactions using microreplicated plastic sensor elements65US 6,951,715 B2SRU Biosystems, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for radiant energy modulation in optical fibers62US 4,268,116 AOptelecom, Inc. · 1981
- Interferometric fiber optic displacement sensor61US 5,420,688 A1995
- Resonant waveguide-grating filters and sensors and methods for making and using same55US 7,167,615 B1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System · 2007