G02F 1/3515
All-optical modulation, gating, switching
Official title: {All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam (G02F1/353, G02F1/37, G02F1/39 take precedence)}
G02F1/3515 (All-optical modulation, gating, switching) appears on 479 US grants and 322 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 479
- Published applications
- 322
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 895
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2012 | 10 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 14 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical circuit and method thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,726,201 B2The Regents of the University of California
- All-photonic artificial neural network processor via nonlinear optics11 Aug 2026US 12,705,476 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Heralded photonic entanglement source23 Jun 2026US 12,663,690 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Fiber optic gyroscope with optical gating for spike suppression14 Apr 2026US 12,601,595 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Optical comb generation device17 Mar 2026US 12,578,617 B2Suzhou Hyc Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical neuromorphic devices with metal halide perovskite materials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310043 A1Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC
- Fiber based processing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259468 A1Cognifiber Ltd.
- A multi-pass radiation device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244006 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Parallel local control of optically addressed qubits20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244073 A1The Trustees of Princeton University
- Method and system for alignment and/or stabilization of an entangled photon source6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227235 A1Quantum Industries Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nanocomposite materials with engineered properties395US 6,710,366 B1UltraDots, Inc. · 2004
- Optical frequency shifter143US 5,619,368 AMassachusetts Inst. of Technology · 1997
- Tunable microcavity and method of using nonlinear materials in a photonic crystal141US 6,058,127 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Fabry-Perot laser with wavelength control131US 6,741,624 B2R J Mears LLC · 2004
- Quantum dots, nanocomposite materials with quantum dots, devices with quantum dots, and related fabrication methods127US 7,005,669 B1UltraDots, Inc. · 2006