H01S 5/18
Surface-emitting [se] lasers
Official title: Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities
H01S5/18 (Surface-emitting [se] lasers) appears on 4,569 US grants and 4,898 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 4,569
- Published applications
- 4,898
- Assignees
- 1,118
- Inventors
- 6,117
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 41 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 43 | 0 |
| 1994 | 72 | 0 |
| 1995 | 54 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 62 | 0 |
| 1998 | 102 | 0 |
| 1999 | 102 | 0 |
| 2000 | 79 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 29 |
| 2002 | 97 | 185 |
| 2003 | 173 | 213 |
| 2004 | 198 | 201 |
| 2005 | 146 | 252 |
| 2006 | 148 | 198 |
| 2007 | 120 | 200 |
| 2008 | 130 | 170 |
| 2009 | 145 | 169 |
| 2010 | 180 | 156 |
| 2011 | 146 | 156 |
| 2012 | 120 | 118 |
| 2013 | 129 | 116 |
| 2014 | 135 | 127 |
| 2015 | 130 | 151 |
| 2016 | 129 | 148 |
| 2017 | 145 | 173 |
| 2018 | 142 | 175 |
| 2019 | 209 | 217 |
| 2020 | 177 | 287 |
| 2021 | 171 | 273 |
| 2022 | 156 | 245 |
| 2023 | 149 | 267 |
| 2024 | 198 | 274 |
| 2025 | 174 | 223 |
| 2026 | 124 | 175 |
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
- Manufacturing method of vertical cavity surface emitting laser6 Oct 2026US 12,756,159 B2Enkris Semiconductor, Inc.
- Surface emitting laser6 Oct 2026US 12,756,160 B2Institute of Science Tokyo
- Light emitting element29 Sep 2026US 12,749,868 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Plated trench for parasitic capacitance control of vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices29 Sep 2026US 12,749,870 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Surface emitting device and manufacturing method of surface emitting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312359 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312364 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Laser package structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312367 A1iReach Corporation
- Light-emitting element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312368 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Surface emitting element1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302724 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vertical-cavity surface emitting laser assay display system615US 5,325,386 ABandgap Technology Corporation · 1994
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Method for fabricating self-assembling microstructures513US 5,545,291 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1996
- Formation of insulating aluminum oxide in semiconductor substrates498US 6,635,559 B2Spire Corporation · 2003
- High performance gaas devices and method497US 5,436,499 ASpire Corporation · 1995