John D. Minelly
29Patents
18h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 13, 1994 → Feb 10, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7872794B1 | High-energy eye-safe pulsed fiber amplifiers and sources operating in erbium's L-band | Electricity | 142 | Active |
| US6324326A | Tapered fiber laser | Electricity | 113 | Expired |
| US6288835A | Optical amplifiers and light source | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US7924500B1 | Micro-structured fiber profiles for mitigation of bend-loss and/or mode distortion in LMA fiber amplifiers, including dual-core embodiments | Electricity | 60 | Active |
| US7876495B1 | Apparatus and method for compensating for and using mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers | Electricity | 56 | Active |
| US6836607B2 | Cladding-pumped 3-level fiber laser/amplifier | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US7835608B2 | Method and apparatus for optical delivery fiber having cladding with absorbing regions | Electricity | 41 | Active |
| US7570856B1 | Apparatus and method for an erbium-doped fiber for high peak-power applications | Electricity | 35 | Active |
| US8953647B1 | High-power laser using thulium-doped fiber amplifier and frequency quadrupling for blue output | Electricity | 34 | Active |
| US7526167B1 | Apparatus and method for a high-gain double-clad amplifier | Electricity | 33 | Active |
| US8755660B1 | Method and apparatus for compensating for and using mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US9014220B2 | High-power CW fiber-laser | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US9140873B2 | System and method for compensating for distortions in optical fibers | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US6625182B1 | Semiconductor or solid-state laser having an external fiber cavity | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6445494B1 | Optical amplifier and light source | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6751241B2 | Multimode fiber laser gratings | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US7400807B2 | Apparatus and method for a waveguide with an index profile manifesting a central dip for better energy extraction | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US7876498B1 | Pulse-energy-stabilization approach and first-pulse-suppression method using fiber amplifier | Electricity | 20 | Active |
| US6476960B1 | Thulium doped fiber amplifier pumping scheme | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6459526B1 | L band amplifier with distributed filtering | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6556757B2 | Optical fiber with absorbing overclad glass layer | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5526175A | Optical amplifier with automatic self adjusting gain spectrum | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6556342B1 | Thulium doped fiber pump for pumping Raman amplifiers | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6636347B1 | Phosphorus-silicate fibers suitable for extended band amplification | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US9684077B2 | Frequency quadrupled laser using thulium-doped fiber amplifier and method | Electricity | 7 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.