Michel J. F. Digonnet
143Patents
26h-index
56Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 10, 1981 → Nov 29, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4553238A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US4556279A | Passive fiber optic multiplexer | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US4938556A | Superfluorescent broadband fiber laser source | Electricity | 63 | Expired |
| US4515431A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 61 | Expired |
| US5255274A | Broadband laser source | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US5048026A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US4674830A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US7881565B2 | Device and method using asymmetric optical resonances | Performing Operations; Transporting | 42 | Active |
| US5189676A | Broadband laser source | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6469825B1 | Method of amplifying optical signals using erbium-doped materials with extremely broad bandwidths | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US7630589B2 | Photonic crystal structure sensor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Active |
| US4964131A | Broadband optical fiber laser | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US4723824A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US4859016A | Fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US6490081B1 | Method of amplifying optical signals using doped materials with extremely broad bandwidths | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US6393167B1 | Fast, environmentally-stable fiber switches using a Sagnac interferometer | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6097486A | Fiber optic acoustic sensor array based on Sagnac interferometer | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5546484A | Fiber optic switch using polished-type directional coupler | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US4815804A | In-line fiber optic memory and method of using same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US4560234A | Fiber optic switchable coupler | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5177562A | Stability compensated broadband source and fiber interferometer | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5866898A | Time domain multiplexed amplified sensor array with improved signal to noise ratios | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6084233A | Optical sensor array having multiple rungs between distribution and return buses and having amplifiers in the buses to equalize return signals | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4554510A | Switching fiber optic amplifier | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US4462699A | Fiber coupler temperature transducer | Physics | 27 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.