H01S 3/083
Ring lasers
Official title: Ring lasers {(fibre ring lasers H01S3/06791)}
H01S3/083 (Ring lasers) appears on 734 US grants and 444 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 734
- Published applications
- 444
- Assignees
- 341
- Inventors
- 1,318
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 31 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 16 |
| 2003 | 17 | 16 |
| 2004 | 15 | 13 |
| 2005 | 12 | 28 |
| 2006 | 14 | 21 |
| 2007 | 14 | 20 |
| 2008 | 17 | 16 |
| 2009 | 26 | 18 |
| 2010 | 16 | 20 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 |
| 2012 | 14 | 18 |
| 2013 | 15 | 11 |
| 2014 | 15 | 23 |
| 2015 | 25 | 29 |
| 2016 | 21 | 14 |
| 2017 | 25 | 17 |
| 2018 | 16 | 21 |
| 2019 | 22 | 14 |
| 2020 | 18 | 20 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 |
| 2022 | 18 | 19 |
| 2023 | 14 | 21 |
| 2024 | 14 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intracavity frequency conversion in solid-state laser resonator with end-pumping1 Sep 2026US 12,725,996 B2Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG
- Laser apparatus and electronic device manufacturing method28 Jul 2026US 12,695,264 B2Gigaphoton Inc.
- All-solid-state single-frequency continuous wave laser9 Jun 2026US 12,651,881 B2Shanxi University
- Laser reference frequency source stabilized by optical self-injection locking2 Jun 2026US 12,646,902 B1Hqphotonics Inc.
- Piezo-tuned nonplanar ring oscillator with GHz tuning range and 100 kHz bandwidth19 May 2026US 12,633,716 B2
- Optical nonreciprocal device and optical circuit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302717 A1Nichia Corporation
- Wavelength tunable laser and optical filter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269556 A1Hosei University
- Apparatus and method for acoustic control in a laser chamber20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246220 A1Cymer, Inc.
- Compact high-repetition-rate passive mode-locked resonant cavity structure and fiber laser13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237958 A1South China University of Technology
- Tunable laser with channel selector18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171750 A1Terabix, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for performing optical frequency domain reflectometry488US 6,160,826 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a rapidly frequency-tuned laser478US 5,956,355 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1999
- Mode locking methods and apparatus228US 7,414,779 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2008
- Coupling system to a microsphere cavity138US 6,389,197 B1California Institute of Technology · 2002
- Laser with longitudinal mode selection132US 5,134,620 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1992