G02F 1/11
Based on acousto-optical elements
Official title: based on acousto-optical elements, e.g. using variable diffraction by sound or like mechanical waves (acousto-optical deflection G02F1/33)
G02F1/11 (Based on acousto-optical elements) appears on 768 US grants and 543 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 768
- Published applications
- 543
- Assignees
- 407
- Inventors
- 1,458
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 11 |
| 2002 | 17 | 19 |
| 2003 | 17 | 16 |
| 2004 | 20 | 14 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 |
| 2006 | 20 | 10 |
| 2007 | 14 | 16 |
| 2008 | 15 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 16 |
| 2013 | 14 | 19 |
| 2014 | 14 | 22 |
| 2015 | 16 | 18 |
| 2016 | 19 | 22 |
| 2017 | 10 | 27 |
| 2018 | 25 | 38 |
| 2019 | 38 | 31 |
| 2020 | 28 | 41 |
| 2021 | 20 | 36 |
| 2022 | 29 | 27 |
| 2023 | 32 | 38 |
| 2024 | 41 | 32 |
| 2025 | 39 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency-multiplexed excitation22 Sep 2026US 12,742,731 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Multi-qubit control with acousto-optic modulators15 Sep 2026US 12,737,657 B2IonQ, Inc.
- Optical device for beam combination in heterodyne interferometers and polarimeters and its use25 Aug 2026US 12,717,154 B1General Atomics
- Interrogator unit for multi-span distributed acoustic sensing18 Aug 2026US 12,712,636 B2Subcom, LLC
- System and method for radius of curvature modification of optical plates and lenses by irradiation with optical energy28 Jul 2026US 12,691,532 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Method and apparatus for realizing ultra-high-speed structured illumination microscopy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299274 A1Zhejiang University
- Traveling-wave acousto-optic modulator on thin silicon nitride1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299335 A1Anello Photonics, Inc.
- Prism pulse shaper24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287943 A1
- Electrical crosstalk cancellation in acoustooptical modulators17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277038 A1Mycronic AB
- Methods and apparatuses for rf amplifier power transient mitigation with idle tones17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280216 A1IonQ, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fault tolerant scalable modular quantum computer architecture with an enhanced control of multi-mode couplings between trapped ion qubits266US 9,858,531 B1Duke University · 2018
- Optical waveguide display system234US 5,009,483 A1991
- Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry229US 7,733,497 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2010
- Variable optical fiber Bragg filter arrangement226US 5,007,705 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1991
- Microscope with tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction lens enabling multiple focal plan imaging215US 9,213,175 B22015