H01S 5/4068
With lateral coupling by axially offset or by merging waveguides
Official title: {with lateral coupling by axially offset or by merging waveguides, e.g. Y-couplers}
H01S5/4068 (With lateral coupling by axially offset or by merging waveguides) appears on 302 US grants and 252 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 302
- Published applications
- 252
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 629
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 7 |
| 2005 | 8 | 4 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 |
| 2017 | 18 | 12 |
| 2018 | 7 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 | 14 |
| 2020 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 11 | 30 |
| 2022 | 9 | 17 |
| 2023 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiwavelength actively mode-locked external cavity semiconductor laser111US 6,192,058 B1Sarnoff Corporation · 2001
- Frequency converted laser diode and lens system therefor110US 5,321,718 ASDL, Inc. · 1994
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- Integrated laser-amplifier with steerable beam84US 5,003,550 ASpectra Diode Laboratories, Inc. · 1991
- Vertical-cavity laser and laser array incorporating guided-mode resonance effects and method for making the same82US 6,154,480 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 2000