H01S 5/06
Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters
Official title: Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
H01S5/06 (Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters) appears on 7,398 US grants and 6,737 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 7,398
- Published applications
- 6,737
- Assignees
- 1,905
- Inventors
- 11,828
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 133 | 0 |
| 1999 | 119 | 0 |
| 2000 | 148 | 0 |
| 2001 | 133 | 66 |
| 2002 | 176 | 268 |
| 2003 | 223 | 378 |
| 2004 | 294 | 322 |
| 2005 | 267 | 333 |
| 2006 | 229 | 287 |
| 2007 | 196 | 233 |
| 2008 | 188 | 216 |
| 2009 | 219 | 242 |
| 2010 | 229 | 240 |
| 2011 | 201 | 235 |
| 2012 | 167 | 191 |
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| 2018 | 232 | 271 |
| 2019 | 313 | 334 |
| 2020 | 277 | 330 |
| 2021 | 255 | 361 |
| 2022 | 218 | 350 |
| 2023 | 241 | 277 |
| 2024 | 230 | 272 |
| 2025 | 227 | 234 |
| 2026 | 129 | 154 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 5/068Stabilisation of laser output parameters3,964
- H01S 5/062By varying the potential of the electrodes2,782
- H01S 5/065Mode locking1,176
- H01S 5/0607By varying physical parameters other than the potential of the electrodes1,075
- H01S 5/0617Using memorised or pre-programmed laser characteristics514
- H01S 5/0601Comprising an absorbing region197
- H01S 5/0604Comprising a non-linear region103
- H01S 5/0615Q-switching, i.e. in which the quality factor of the optical resonator is32
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