Inventor · Paris, FR

Herve Lefevre

57Patents
21h-index
42Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 21, 1980 → Apr 14, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4928005A Multiple-point temperature sensor using optic fibers Physics 172 Expired
US5594744A Singlemode laser source tunable in wavelength with a self-aligned external cavity Electricity 81 Expired
US4389090A Fiber optic polarization controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US4410275A Fiber optic rotation sensor Physics 52 Expired
US5802085A Singlemode laser source tunable in wavelength with a self-aligned external cavity Electricity 46 Expired
US5886785A Optical spectrum analyzer and process for analyzing the corresponding spectrum Physics 45 Expired
US4615582A Magneto-optic rotator for providing additive Faraday rotations in a loop of optical fiber Physics 44 Expired
US5712704A Appliance for measuring polarization mode dispersion and corresponding measuring process Physics 41 Expired
US5181078A Fiber optic measuring device, rate gyro, navigation and stabilization system, and current sensor Physics 36 Expired
US5270791A Fibre optic measuring device, rate gyro, stabilization system and magnetic field or current sensor Physics 35 Expired
US6249364A Optical wave-guide wavelength multiplexer and demultiplexer Physics 34 Expired
US5141316A Optical-fiber measuring device, gyrometer, central navigation and stabilizing system Physics 33 Expired
US4705399A Device for measuring a nonreciprocal phase shift produced in a closed-loop interferometer Physics 31 Expired
US5719674A Process for measuring rotation speeds about several axes, and a multiplexed multi-axial gyrofiber allowing this measurement Physics 30 Expired
US4687330A Fiber optic rotation sensor with extended dynamic range Physics 29 Expired
US4733938A Magneto-optic rotator Physics 29 Expired
US4773759A Interferometer with Kerr effect compensation Physics 28 Expired
US4671658A Fiber optic rotation sensor utilizing a magnetic shield and an optical isolator Physics 26 Expired
US6252718A Optical reflector and laser with external cavity incorporating such a reflector Electricity 25 Expired
US4842409A Monomode optical fiber ring interferometric device with semiconductor diode as light energy emission reception/amplification means Physics 25 Expired
US4743115A Method of coiling an optical fiber gyroscope and an optical fiber coil thus obtained Physics 22 Expired
US4836645A Device for the connection of optic fibers to an integrated optic circuit and method for making the said device Physics 20 Expired
US4882716A Optic fiber hydrophone and antenna associating a series of hydrophones Physics 17 Expired
US4893931A Method for the detection of polarization couplings in a birefringent optical system and application of this method to the assembling of the components of an optical system Physics 15 Expired
US6339609B2 Tunable laser source with a self-aligned external cavity and a retro-reflecting-dispersing device Electricity 14 Expired

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