G02B 6/2813
Based on multimode interference effect, i.e. self-imaging
Official title: {based on multimode interference effect, i.e. self-imaging}
G02B6/2813 (Based on multimode interference effect, i.e. self-imaging) appears on 413 US grants and 397 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Resonantly coupled waveguides using a taper112US 6,310,995 B1University of Maryland · 2001
- Optical devices and methods of fabrication thereof97US 6,778,746 B2BTG International Limited · 2004
- Photonic integrated circuits80US 6,795,622 B2The Trustess of Princeton University · 2004
- Self imaging system using a waveguide77US 4,087,159 AMax-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · 1978
- Optical photonic band gap devices and methods of fabrication thereof76US 6,640,034 B1BTG International Limited · 2003