H01S 5/00
Semiconductor lasers
Official title: Semiconductor lasers (superluminescent diodes H10H20/00)
H01S5/00 (Semiconductor lasers) appears on 24,948 US grants and 23,187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 24,948
- Published applications
- 23,187
- Assignees
- 4,058
- Inventors
- 29,502
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 36 | 0 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 |
| 1980 | 41 | 0 |
| 1981 | 51 | 0 |
| 1982 | 72 | 0 |
| 1983 | 48 | 0 |
| 1984 | 76 | 0 |
| 1985 | 69 | 0 |
| 1986 | 113 | 0 |
| 1987 | 159 | 0 |
| 1988 | 268 | 0 |
| 1989 | 331 | 0 |
| 1990 | 265 | 0 |
| 1991 | 347 | 0 |
| 1992 | 301 | 0 |
| 1993 | 329 | 0 |
| 1994 | 452 | 0 |
| 1995 | 394 | 0 |
| 1996 | 389 | 0 |
| 1997 | 357 | 0 |
| 1998 | 542 | 0 |
| 1999 | 485 | 0 |
| 2000 | 502 | 0 |
| 2001 | 517 | 239 |
| 2002 | 594 | 958 |
| 2003 | 818 | 1209 |
| 2004 | 972 | 1046 |
| 2005 | 811 | 1099 |
| 2006 | 822 | 939 |
| 2007 | 586 | 889 |
| 2008 | 588 | 850 |
| 2009 | 709 | 907 |
| 2010 | 867 | 823 |
| 2011 | 675 | 808 |
| 2012 | 652 | 699 |
| 2013 | 665 | 699 |
| 2014 | 730 | 678 |
| 2015 | 762 | 796 |
| 2016 | 740 | 798 |
| 2017 | 777 | 881 |
| 2018 | 747 | 906 |
| 2019 | 986 | 1050 |
| 2020 | 901 | 1143 |
| 2021 | 814 | 1131 |
| 2022 | 726 | 1132 |
| 2023 | 732 | 1041 |
| 2024 | 813 | 983 |
| 2025 | 706 | 864 |
| 2026 | 506 | 619 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 5/02Structural details or components not essential to laser action12,317
- H01S 5/10Construction or shape of the optical resonator10,585
- H01S 5/30Structure or shape of the active region8,372
- H01S 5/06Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters7,398
- H01S 5/40Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups6,783
- H01S 5/20Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave6,221
- H01S 5/04Processes or apparatus for excitation5,501
- H01S 5/005Optical components external to the laser cavity, specially adapted therefor3,424
Recent patents
- Ensemble light source6 Oct 2026US 12,756,150 B1KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
- Package for accommodating electronic element, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,151 B2KYOCERA Corporation
- Light source device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,152 B2Nichia Corporation
- Light emitting device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,153 B2Nichia Corporation
- Systems and methods for cooling high power devices6 Oct 2026US 12,756,154 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Pcsel magnetometer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309814 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Surface emitting device and manufacturing method of surface emitting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312359 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Optoelectronic module and method for producing an optoelectronic module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312360 A1ams-OSRAM International GmbH
- Integrated frequency comb generators with compensated optical cavity structures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312361 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Lateral grounding structure for frequency noise reduction in laser waveguides8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312362 A1Lumentum Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transistor and semiconductor device4,015US 6,727,522 B1Japan Science and Technology Corporation · 2004
- Transistor and semiconductor device3,984US 7,064,346 B2Japan Science and Technology Agency · 2006
- Semiconductor device in which zinc oxide is used as a semiconductor material and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device3,918US 7,501,293 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2009
- Laser driver circuit for burst mode transmission and fabrication method thereof1,464US 7,324,572 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc. · 2008
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994