Inventor · Munich, DE

Gerhard Winzer

41Patents
18h-index
25Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 16, 1975 → Sep 13, 1989

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4378143A Device for coupling radiation into an optical waveguide Physics 252 Expired
US4006963A Controllable, electro-optical grating coupler Physics 97 Expired
US4860294A Integrated-optical arrangement for bidirectional optical message or signal transmission Electricity 75 Expired
US4147979A Movable probe carrying optical waveguides with electro-optic or magneto-optic material for measuring electric or magnetic fields Physics 45 Expired
US3995937A Tunable optical wave guide systems Electricity 44 Expired
US4003629A Coupling device for light waves Physics 44 Expired
US4302071A Adjustable directional coupler for light waveguides Physics 38 Expired
US4008947A Electro-optical switch and modulator Physics 38 Expired
US3975082A Laser beam coupling arrangement Electricity 36 Expired
US4441181A Optical wavelength-division multiplex system Electricity 25 Expired
US4306765A Branch component comprising optical light waveguides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4351585A Coupling element for an optical waveguide Physics 25 Expired
US4718055A Wave-division multiplex component for an optical network comprising monomode transmission fibers Physics 24 Expired
US4452507A Fiber optical bypass switch Physics 24 Expired
US4656636A Method for manufacturing of integrated DFB laser with coupled strip waveguide on a substrate Electricity 21 Expired
US4973133A Arrangement for coupling an optical fiber to a coupling window of a planarly integrated optical component and the method of manufacturing the arrangement Physics 20 Expired
US4540237A Coupling element for coupling light into and out of an optical fiber Physics 19 Expired
US4590619A Star coupler for local networks of optical communications system Physics 19 Expired
US4325605A Branching element for monomode light waveguides and the method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4139262A Filter for a light wave in a light guiding fiber Physics 16 Expired
US4120560A Optical waveguide network Physics 16 Expired
US4989937A Light waveguide coupler having three or more gates and utilizing the beam splitter principle and the method for manufacture Physics 16 Expired
US4285571A Branching device Physics 16 Expired
US4339290A Process for manufacturing a branch element Physics 15 Expired
US4339170A Optical device for frequency-selective distributing light and the process of producing the device Physics 14 Expired

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