Inventor · Evergem, BE

Dries Van Thourhout

14Patents
5h-index
31Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 1, 2003 → Nov 18, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8594503B2 Method and system for multiplexer waveguide coupling Physics 24 Active
US8787417B2 Laser light coupling into SOI CMOS photonic integrated circuit Electricity 23 Active
US10591672B2 Polarization independent processing in integrated photonics Physics 10 Active
US9772447B2 Method for realizing heterogeneous III-V silicon photonic integrated circuits Physics 8 Active
US7020168B2 High power multi-frequency laser Electricity 6 Expired
US9413139B2 Hybrid waveguide lasers and methods for fabricating hybrid waveguide lasers Electricity 5 Active
US7643709B2 Slanted segmented coupler Physics 5 Active
US8731349B2 Integrated photonics device Physics 5 Active
US9529154B2 Method for optical coupling between a photonic integrated circuit and an external optical element Physics 5 Active
US8676002B2 Method of producing a photonic device and corresponding photonic device Physics 2 Active
US10678007B2 Active-passive waveguide photonic system Physics 1 Active
US7725000B2 Method for effective refractive index trimming of optical waveguiding structures and optical waveguiding structures Physics 1 Active
US12018984B2 On-chip temperature-insensitive read-out Physics 0 Active
US11243352B2 Polarization independent processing in integrated photonics Physics 0 Active

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