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Lightwave Electronics

51Patents
0Active
51Granted
36Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 6, 1986 → Mar 10, 2003

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6701044B2 Solid state laser generating UV radiation for writing fiber bragg gratings Electricity 71 Expired
US6563995B2 Optical wavelength filtering apparatus with depressed-index claddings Electricity 66 Expired
US5226051A Laser pump control for output power stabilization Electricity 43 Expired
US5546222A Multi-pass light amplifier Electricity 41 Expired
US5615043A Multi-pass light amplifier Electricity 39 Expired
US5867324A Side-pumped laser with shaped laser beam Electricity 38 Expired
US6009110A Pulse amplitude control in frequency-converted lasers Electricity 38 Expired
US5982790A System for reducing pulse-to-pulse energy variation in a pulsed laser Electricity 35 Expired
US5103457A Elliptical mode cavities for solid-state lasers pumped by laser diodes Electricity 35 Expired
US4734912A Laser diode end pumped Nd:YAG single mode laser Electricity 34 Expired
US5299222A Multiple diode laser stack for pumping a solid-state laser Electricity 34 Expired
US6654392B1 Quasi-monolithic tunable optical resonator Electricity 31 Expired
US5774488A Solid-state laser with trapped pump light Electricity 31 Expired
US5329539A Efficient laser configuration Electricity 25 Expired
US6665320B1 Wideband tunable laser sources with multiple gain elements Electricity 23 Expired
US5768302A Multi quasi phase matched interactions in a non-linear crystal and method using same Electricity 22 Expired
US4909612A Optical isolator employing multipass faraday rotation Physics 22 Expired
US5787102A Light generating device and method using a periodically structured non-linear material and orthogonal optical interaction Physics 21 Expired
US4752931A Pulse shaper for an electro-optically Q-switched seeded laser Electricity 21 Expired
US4797896A Solid state optical ring resonator and laser using same Electricity 20 Expired
US4829532A Piezo-electrically tuned optical resonator and laser using same Electricity 20 Expired
US5237584A High power optical cavity for end-pumped solid state laser Electricity 19 Expired
US5850407A Third-harmonic generator with uncoated brewster-cut dispersive output facet Physics 19 Expired
US6710914B2 Tunable light source employing optical parametric oscillation near degeneracy Electricity 15 Expired
US4827485A Diode pumped solid state laser Electricity 15 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.