H01S 5/20
Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave
Official title: Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave {; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers}
H01S5/20 (Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave) appears on 6,221 US grants and 5,333 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 6,221
- Published applications
- 5,333
- Assignees
- 1,008
- Inventors
- 6,820
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 35 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 39 | 0 |
| 1987 | 68 | 0 |
| 1988 | 93 | 0 |
| 1989 | 104 | 0 |
| 1990 | 93 | 0 |
| 1991 | 90 | 0 |
| 1992 | 93 | 0 |
| 1993 | 104 | 0 |
| 1994 | 135 | 0 |
| 1995 | 107 | 0 |
| 1996 | 119 | 0 |
| 1997 | 101 | 0 |
| 1998 | 154 | 0 |
| 1999 | 117 | 0 |
| 2000 | 115 | 0 |
| 2001 | 120 | 81 |
| 2002 | 136 | 227 |
| 2003 | 229 | 238 |
| 2004 | 218 | 263 |
| 2005 | 185 | 307 |
| 2006 | 219 | 241 |
| 2007 | 145 | 262 |
| 2008 | 159 | 269 |
| 2009 | 210 | 240 |
| 2010 | 278 | 231 |
| 2011 | 200 | 212 |
| 2012 | 157 | 173 |
| 2013 | 193 | 172 |
| 2014 | 174 | 125 |
| 2015 | 177 | 152 |
| 2016 | 145 | 139 |
| 2017 | 152 | 168 |
| 2018 | 163 | 186 |
| 2019 | 190 | 203 |
| 2020 | 194 | 228 |
| 2021 | 162 | 239 |
| 2022 | 141 | 223 |
| 2023 | 149 | 246 |
| 2024 | 153 | 209 |
| 2025 | 141 | 177 |
| 2026 | 104 | 122 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 5/22Having a ridge or stripe structure4,644
- H01S 5/2054Methods of obtaining the confinement1,563
- H01S 5/2004Confining in the direction perpendicular to the layer structure1,358
- H01S 5/2036Broad area lasers218
- H01S 5/24Having a grooved structure122
- H01S 5/204Strongly index guided structures113
- H01S 5/205Antiguided structures42
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By later US patents
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