Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Eric C. Honea

27Patents
11h-index
37Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 21, 1998 → Jun 14, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7199924B1 Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers Electricity 96 Expired
US7539231B1 Apparatus and method for generating controlled-linewidth laser-seed-signals for high-powered fiber-laser amplifier systems Electricity 62 Active
US8526110B1 Spectral-beam combining for high-power fiber-ring-laser systems Electricity 48 Active
US9366872B2 Apparatus and method for fiber-laser output-beam shaping for spectral beam combination Electricity 37 Active
US6347109B1 High average power scaleable thin-disk laser Electricity 36 Expired
US7233442B1 Method and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers Physics 35 Expired
US5936984A Laser rods with undoped, flanged end-caps for end-pumped laser applications Electricity 35 Expired
US8953647B1 High-power laser using thulium-doped fiber amplifier and frequency quadrupling for blue output Electricity 34 Active
US7535631B2 Method and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of fiber-amplified laser beams using high-efficiency dielectric diffractive gratings Physics 21 Active
US7876498B1 Pulse-energy-stabilization approach and first-pulse-suppression method using fiber amplifier Electricity 20 Active
US7701987B1 Apparatus and method for generating chirp-slice controlled-linewidth laser-seed signals Electricity 18 Active
US6160934A Hollow lensing duct Physics 10 Expired
US8411712B2 Beam diagnostics and feedback system and method for spectrally beam-combined lasers Electricity 10 Active
US8472763B1 Spectral beam combination of laser beams Electricity 9 Active
US6904069B2 Parasitic oscillation suppression in solid state lasers using optical coatings Electricity 9 Expired
US6763050B2 Method for optical pumping of thin laser media at high average power Electricity 8 Expired
US9684077B2 Frequency quadrupled laser using thulium-doped fiber amplifier and method Electricity 7 Active
US6222872A Delivering pump light to a laser gain element while maintaining access to the laser beam Electricity 5 Expired
US8254419B1 Apparatus and method to suppress gain-switched spikes in fiber laser amplifier systems Electricity 5 Active
US9214781B2 Fiber amplifier system for suppression of modal instabilities and method Electricity 4 Active
US8363312B1 Pulse-energy-stabilization and first-pulse-suppression optical gain fiber apparatus and method Electricity 4 Active
US8630323B2 Beam diagnostics and feedback method and system for spectrally beam-combined lasers Electricity 3 Active
US6937636B1 Tapered laser rods as a means of minimizing the path length of trapped barrel mode rays Electricity 2 Expired
US9927621B2 Method and apparatus for fiber-laser output-beam shaping for beam combination Electricity 2 Active
US9835778B1 Apparatus and method for a diamond substrate for a multi-layered dielectric diffraction grating Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.