G02B 6/126
Using polarisation effects
Official title: using polarisation effects {(G02B6/1226 takes precedence)}
G02B6/126 (Using polarisation effects) appears on 692 US grants and 648 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 692
- Published applications
- 648
- Assignees
- 299
- Inventors
- 1,223
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 26 | 40 |
| 2025 | 24 | 42 |
| 2026 | 17 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bilayer photonic adiabatic 2×2 splitter6 Oct 2026US 12,754,370 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Photonic chips including a structure enabling measurement of the group velocity of light in a photonic component15 Sep 2026US 12,736,747 B2GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Optical sensor chip and optical sensing system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,082 B2Silith Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Single polarization circulator25 Aug 2026US 12,717,083 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Integrated photonic 2×3 coupler28 Jul 2026US 12,693,475 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Low-complexity photonic transceiver8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312689 A1HEPT Lab, Inc.
- Integrated polarization splitter-rotator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299199 A1NeoPhotonics Corporation
- Integrated photonic 2x3 coupler1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299208 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Silicon photonic based single-stage polarization aligner with reset function20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243958 A1
- A twisted waveguide configured for elliptical polarization transformation, and systems for utilizing the same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219451 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Slicing of single-crystal films using ion implantation291US 6,540,827 B1The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2003
- Planar optical waveguide, modulator, variable coupler and switch158US 4,166,669 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1979
- Method and optical system for coupling light into a waveguide148US 7,181,108 B2Nokia Corporation · 2007
- Data storage system having an optical processing flying head147US 6,781,927 B1Seagate Technology LLC · 2004
- Offset optics for use with optical heads146US 6,178,150 B1Seagate Technology LLC · 2001