H01S 5/0651
Mode control
Official title: {Mode control}
H01S5/0651 (Mode control) appears on 661 US grants and 676 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 661
- Published applications
- 676
- Assignees
- 363
- Inventors
- 1,455
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 19 | 18 |
| 2003 | 17 | 24 |
| 2004 | 26 | 39 |
| 2005 | 28 | 36 |
| 2006 | 20 | 33 |
| 2007 | 26 | 27 |
| 2008 | 14 | 29 |
| 2009 | 27 | 31 |
| 2010 | 32 | 38 |
| 2011 | 28 | 45 |
| 2012 | 27 | 21 |
| 2013 | 26 | 18 |
| 2014 | 34 | 24 |
| 2015 | 26 | 19 |
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| 2019 | 25 | 30 |
| 2020 | 30 | 39 |
| 2021 | 32 | 35 |
| 2022 | 19 | 29 |
| 2023 | 24 | 22 |
| 2024 | 25 | 19 |
| 2025 | 15 | 18 |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Photonic crystal surface light-emitting laser element6 Oct 2026US 12,756,157 B2Kyoto University
- Semiconductor laser structure for higher-order mode suppression25 Aug 2026US 12,719,234 B2FreeSpace Photonics, Inc.
- Quantum cascade laser element and quantum cascade laser device4 Aug 2026US 12,700,712 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Inspection method for semiconductor laser device and inspection device for semiconductor laser device21 Jul 2026US 12,689,180 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Integrated reduced-coherence-length laser2 Jun 2026US 12,646,905 B2Rockley Photonics Limited
- Semiconductor laser with optimized facet coatings24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291171 A1
- Vcsel with tunable grating13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237968 A1Bandwidth10, LTD.
- Vertical cavity surface-emitting laser devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204868 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- A laser for selectively operating in two different modes16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204869 A1Nkt Photonics A/S
- Optical wireless power transmission using laser diodes18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171852 A1Wi-Charge Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Semiconductor laser device, and method of manufacturing the same236US 7,470,555 B2Nichia Corporation · 2008
- Method and system for providing bidirectional light sources with broad spectrum140US 8,451,876 B1Soraa, Inc. · 2013
- Speckle suppressed laser projection system with partial beam reflection135US 6,625,381 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2003
- Narrow spectrum light source131US 7,835,417 B2Octrolix BV · 2010
- Method and apparatus for waveguide optics and devices111US 6,330,388 B1Northstar Photonics, Inc. · 2001