Inventor · Unterhaching, DE

Hans Mahlein

32Patents
17h-index
22Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 17, 1975 → Jan 23, 1992

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4006963A Controllable, electro-optical grating coupler Physics 97 Expired
US4744618A Optical device for use as a multiplexer or demultiplexer in accordance with the diffraction grating principle Physics 78 Expired
US5206920A Integrated optical arrangement for demultiplexing a plurality of different wavelength channels and the method of manufacture Electricity 62 Expired
US4760569A Integrated optical multiplex-demultiplex module for optical communications transmission Electricity 54 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
US4556292A Optical polarizer having a prism Physics 44 Expired
US4003629A Coupling device for light waves Physics 44 Expired
US4008947A Electro-optical switch and modulator Physics 38 Expired
US4815081A Arrangement for controlling or regulating an emission wavelength and emitted power of a semiconductor laser Electricity 38 Expired
US4009453A Narrow-band interference filter and its application in a laser system Electricity 33 Expired
US4770496A Edge interference filter for optical communication transmission in wavelength-division multiplex Physics 32 Expired
US4306765A Branch component comprising optical light waveguides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4441181A Optical wavelength-division multiplex system Electricity 25 Expired
US4726655A Edge interference filter for optical communication transmission in wavelength-division multiplex Physics 24 Expired
US4656636A Method for manufacturing of integrated DFB laser with coupled strip waveguide on a substrate Electricity 21 Expired
US3970360A Wave-guide structure with a multi-layer system and methods for producing same Physics 17 Expired
US4989937A Light waveguide coupler having three or more gates and utilizing the beam splitter principle and the method for manufacture Physics 16 Expired
US4139262A Filter for a light wave in a light guiding fiber Physics 16 Expired
US4637682A Branch connector for light waveguides Physics 14 Expired
US4747649A Monolithically integrated WDM demultiplex module and method of manufacture of such module Electricity 14 Expired
US4553822A Optical polarizer having a dielectric multiple layer system Physics 12 Expired
US4006964A Integrated optical waveguide having a filter Physics 12 Expired
US4097126A Optical layer device with reflecting surface on collodion foil Electricity 11 Expired
US4682843A Optical waveguide junction and method of making said junction Physics 10 Expired

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