H01S 3/10
Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation
Official title: Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
H01S3/10 (Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation) appears on 7,913 US grants and 6,710 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 7,913
- Published applications
- 6,710
- Assignees
- 2,229
- Inventors
- 11,951
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 60 | 0 |
| 1977 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 |
| 1985 | 49 | 0 |
| 1986 | 40 | 0 |
| 1987 | 71 | 0 |
| 1988 | 73 | 0 |
| 1989 | 100 | 0 |
| 1990 | 98 | 0 |
| 1991 | 100 | 0 |
| 1992 | 125 | 0 |
| 1993 | 133 | 0 |
| 1994 | 112 | 0 |
| 1995 | 120 | 0 |
| 1996 | 121 | 0 |
| 1997 | 136 | 0 |
| 1998 | 145 | 0 |
| 1999 | 162 | 0 |
| 2000 | 161 | 0 |
| 2001 | 179 | 54 |
| 2002 | 218 | 267 |
| 2003 | 242 | 254 |
| 2004 | 242 | 233 |
| 2005 | 186 | 258 |
| 2006 | 202 | 281 |
| 2007 | 150 | 247 |
| 2008 | 175 | 229 |
| 2009 | 208 | 251 |
| 2010 | 241 | 246 |
| 2011 | 198 | 252 |
| 2012 | 177 | 237 |
| 2013 | 213 | 273 |
| 2014 | 276 | 278 |
| 2015 | 312 | 330 |
| 2016 | 308 | 306 |
| 2017 | 332 | 282 |
| 2018 | 257 | 297 |
| 2019 | 290 | 310 |
| 2020 | 244 | 292 |
| 2021 | 214 | 304 |
| 2022 | 229 | 291 |
| 2023 | 197 | 262 |
| 2024 | 223 | 285 |
| 2025 | 229 | 222 |
| 2026 | 155 | 169 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 3/13Stabilisation of laser output parameters2,931
- H01S 3/106By controlling devices placed within the cavity2,518
- H01S 3/11Mode locking1,853
- H01S 3/10007In optical amplifiers1,244
- H01S 3/105By controlling the mutual position or the reflecting properties of the reflectors917
- H01S 3/102By controlling the active medium866
- H01S 3/10038Amplitude control383
- H01S 3/10084Frequency control by seeding355
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser driver and control circuit455US 4,950,268 AXintec Inc. · 1990
- Method of, and apparatus for, surgery of the cornea329US 6,210,401 B12001
- Controllable surface filter264US 5,619,366 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1997
- Elecronically tunable optical periodic surface filters with an alterable resonant frequency262US 5,619,365 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1997
- Optical amplifier with high energy levels systems providing high peak powers244US 5,867,305 ASDL, Inc. · 1999