Inventor · Grünhain, DE

Heidrun Schmitzer

14Patents
7h-index
12Co-inventors
52Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 10, 1998 → Dec 21, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6609139B1 Method for generating a random number on a quantum-mechanical basis and random number generator Physics 47 Expired
US6430345B1 Method and device for producing a choice of either single photons or pairs of photons in an optical channel Physics 28 Expired
US7003665B1 Method for the secure transmission of messages Electricity 20 Expired
US6986056B1 Method and arrangement for generating binary sequences of random numbers Electricity 19 Expired
US6748081B1 Quantum cryptography system for a secure transmission of random keys using a polarization setting method Physics 13 Expired
US6282333A Method and device to compensate for polarization mode dispersion in an optical transmission link Electricity 8 Expired
US6249350A Interferometer and methods for compensation of dispersion or increase in spectral resolution of such an interferometer Physics 7 Expired
US7649610B1 Method and device for reducing speckle formation on a projection screen Electricity 7 Expired
US6813424B1 Optical communications link Physics 4 Expired
US6727491B1 Sensor and method for detecting changes in distance Physics 1 Expired
US6947193B1 Optical phase modulator Physics 1 Expired
US6884990B2 METHOD FOR CHANGING THE POLARIZATION OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE PHOTONS EMITTED FROM A PHOTON-PAIR SOURCE INTO VARIOUS PARTIAL PATHS OF RAYS, AND METHOD FOR OPTIONALLY GENERATING INDIVIDUAL PHOTONS OR PHOTON PAIRS IN AN OPTICAL CHANNEL Physics 0 Expired
US7769300B1 Reducing the distortion of optical pulses caused by polarization mode dispersion in optical communication systems Electricity 0 Expired
US7468827B2 Device for generating adding and subtracting digital sequences of optical pulses and method for secure transmission of information Physics 0 Expired

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