H01S 3/1003
Tunable optical elements
Official title: {tunable optical elements, e.g. acousto-optic filters, tunable gratings}
H01S3/1003 (Tunable optical elements) appears on 256 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 256
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 531
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 19 | 12 |
| 2017 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018 | 20 | 13 |
| 2019 | 14 | 27 |
| 2020 | 13 | 20 |
| 2021 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022 | 22 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device, laser system and method for combining coherent laser beams11 Aug 2026US 12,706,433 B2Trumpf Laser GmbH
- Wideband hybrid fiber amplifiers and lasers operating in the 2000 nm wavelength region14 Jul 2026US 12,683,348 B2RET and Associates LLC
- Coherent beam combination system and control method thereof9 Jun 2026US 12,650,605 B2Leonardo S.P.A.
- Cat's-eye swept source laser for oct and spectroscopy26 May 2026US 12,638,387 B2KineoLabs, Inc.
- Piezo-tuned nonplanar ring oscillator with GHz tuning range and 100 kHz bandwidth19 May 2026US 12,633,716 B2
- Wideband hybrid fiber amplifiers and lasers operating in the 2000 nm wavelength region17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280220 A1RET and Associates LLC
- Total reflection slab laser amplifier10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269557 A1Xiamen Unit Electronic and Technology Company Ltd.
- Cat's-eye swept source laser for OCT and spectroscopy27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251565 A1
- B-integral compensation in amplification of ultrashort laser pulses13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237957 A1Coherent Scotland Limited
- A laser for selectively operating in two different modes16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204869 A1Nkt Photonics A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- High-energy eye-safe pulsed fiber amplifiers and sources operating in erbium's L-band146US 7,872,794 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2011
- Optical fiber amplifier with gain equalizing circuit102US 5,436,760 ANEC Corporation · 1995
- Method, system and apparatus for automatically determining operating conditions of a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal in a laser system77US 9,048,616 B1Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. · 2015
- Controller which controls a variable optical attenuator to control the power level of a wavelength-multiplexed optical signal when the number of channels are varied64US 6,025,947 AFujitsu Limited · 2000
- Dynamic optical amplifier54US 6,151,157 AUniphase Telecommunications Products, Inc. · 2000