Inventor · Holmdel, NJ, US

John E. Bowers

21Patents
10h-index
17Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 17, 1975 → Jan 27, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4723827A Fiber optic switch and discretely variable delay line Physics 78 Expired
US4588255A Optical guided wave signal processor for matrix-vector multiplication and filtering Physics 71 Expired
US6074892A Semiconductor hetero-interface photodetector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US4572949A Fiber optic sensor for detecting very small displacements of a surface Physics 56 Expired
US4479701A Dual coupler fiber optic recirculating memory Physics 40 Expired
US4511207A Fiber optic data distributor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US4558920A Tapped optical fiber delay line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US4652744A Fiber optic sensor for detecting very small displacements of a surface Physics 19 Expired
US4676585A Continuously variable fiber optic delay line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US4317689A Mercury containment for liquid phase growth of mercury cadmium telluride from tellurium-rich solution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US8994004B2 Hybrid silicon optoelectronic device and method of formation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US4638483A High speed intensity modulated light source Physics 7 Expired
US4366771A Mercury containment for liquid phase growth of mercury cadmium telluride from tellurium-rich solution Electricity 6 Expired
US4458328A Adaptive filter using an ASW storage correlator Physics 5 Expired
US4495656A Fiber optic word generator Physics 5 Expired
US4008079A Superconducting alloys Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6845551B2 Method of making a power electronics capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US4496394A Continuous method of removing tin from lead Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US8324659B2 InGaAsSbN photodiode arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US4390363A Continuous method for removing copper from lead Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US7915639B2 InGaAsSbN photodiode arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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