H01S 5/183
Having only vertical cavities
Official title: having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S5/183 (Having only vertical cavities) appears on 4,125 US grants and 4,470 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 4,125
- Published applications
- 4,470
- Assignees
- 1,016
- Inventors
- 5,495
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 57 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 48 | 0 |
| 1997 | 46 | 0 |
| 1998 | 98 | 0 |
| 1999 | 95 | 0 |
| 2000 | 76 | 0 |
| 2001 | 76 | 29 |
| 2002 | 91 | 162 |
| 2003 | 163 | 200 |
| 2004 | 184 | 187 |
| 2005 | 136 | 235 |
| 2006 | 142 | 189 |
| 2007 | 116 | 191 |
| 2008 | 122 | 150 |
| 2009 | 138 | 153 |
| 2010 | 164 | 130 |
| 2011 | 131 | 143 |
| 2012 | 101 | 98 |
| 2013 | 116 | 100 |
| 2014 | 121 | 120 |
| 2015 | 122 | 140 |
| 2016 | 119 | 132 |
| 2017 | 124 | 160 |
| 2018 | 134 | 163 |
| 2019 | 191 | 197 |
| 2020 | 162 | 268 |
| 2021 | 154 | 255 |
| 2022 | 144 | 217 |
| 2023 | 139 | 236 |
| 2024 | 181 | 250 |
| 2025 | 158 | 205 |
| 2026 | 118 | 160 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 5/18308Having a special structure for lateral current or light confinement1,950
- H01S 5/18361Structure of the reflectors1,304
- H01S 5/18386Details of the emission surface for influencing the near- or far-field830
- H01S 5/18341Intra-cavity contacts657
- H01S 5/18344Characterized by the mesa554
- H01S 5/18358Containing spacer layers to adjust the phase of the light wave in487
- H01S 5/18305With emission through the substrate, i.e. bottom emission471
- H01S 5/18355Having a defined polarisation229
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