H01S 5/0608
Controlled by light
Official title: {controlled by light, e.g. optical switch}
H01S5/0608 (Controlled by light) appears on 205 US grants and 136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 205
- Published applications
- 136
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 496
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 20 |
| 2020 | 14 | 16 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Phosphor element, phosphor device, and illumination apparatus7 Oct 2025US 12,438,336 B2NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Methods and apparatus for generating coherent light at new frequencies via time varying lasing5 Aug 2025US 12,381,368 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Optoelectronic component24 Jun 2025US 12,341,318 B2OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
- Response shaping by multiple injection in a ring-type structure21 Jan 2025US 12,204,181 B2Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
- High-intensity color tunable white laser light source using green phosphor15 Oct 2024US 12,119,619 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Phosphor plate12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042961 A1Coorstek Gk
- Light-emitting system28 Aug 2025US 2025/0273929 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Conversion element with porous layer17 Jul 2025US 2025/0233384 A1Lumileds LLC
- Methods and apparatus for generating coherent light at new frequencies via time varying lasing3 Apr 2025US 2025/0112435 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Photoconductive switch laser diode driver3 Apr 2025US 2025/0112440 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminating light source device using semiconductor laser element228US 5,535,230 A1996
- Semiconductor optical device with nanowhiskers126US 5,332,910 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1994
- Optical modulator103US 7,313,291 B2Modulight Corporation · 2007
- Semiconductor optical waveguide device, optical control type optical switch, and wavelength conversion device89US 5,754,714 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1998
- Reduction of non-linear effects in optical fiber communication systems and method of using same83US 5,166,821 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1992