Inventor · Madison, CT, US

Paul E. Sanders

44Patents
16h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 9, 1990 → Sep 12, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6422084B1 Bragg grating pressure sensor Physics 91 Expired
US6229827A Compression-tuned bragg grating and laser Physics 86 Expired
US6470036B1 Tunable external cavity semiconductor laser incorporating a tunable bragg grating Electricity 74 Expired
US6151157A Dynamic optical amplifier Electricity 56 Expired
US6820489B2 Optical differential pressure sensor Physics 43 Expired
US6982996B1 Large diameter optical waveguide, grating, and laser Electricity 43 Expired
US6321007A Optical fiber having a bragg grating formed in its cladding Physics 40 Expired
US5939136A Process for preparation of optical fiber devices using optical fibers with thermally removable coatings Physics 38 Expired
US6915048B2 Fabry-perot filter/resonator Physics 38 Expired
US6519388B1 Tube-encased fiber grating Physics 38 Expired
US6452667B1 Pressure-isolated bragg grating temperature sensor Physics 37 Expired
US6621957B1 Temperature compensated optical device Electricity 35 Expired
US6363089B1 Compression-tuned Bragg grating and laser Physics 32 Expired
US6031849A High power three level fiber laser and method of making same Physics 30 Expired
US6668656B2 Optical sensor having differing diameters Physics 29 Expired
US6776045B2 Bragg grating pressure sensor for industrial sensing applications Physics 25 Expired
US8646968B2 Method for performing optical distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measurements in hydrogen environments Physics 16 Active
US6996316B2 Large diameter D-shaped optical waveguide and coupler Electricity 16 Expired
US7805039B2 Single mode optical fiber with improved bend performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US6272886A Incremental method of producing multiple UV-induced gratings on a single optical fiber Physics 15 Expired
US6597711B2 Bragg grating-based laser Electricity 12 Expired
US7062126B2 Tunable optical filter having large diameter optical waveguide with bragg grating and being configured for reducing the bulk modulus of compressibility thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6633695B2 Compression-tuned grating-based optical add/drop multiplexer Electricity 9 Expired
US6813013B2 Pressure-isolated bragg grating temperature sensor Physics 9 Expired
US5221308A Low loss infrared transmitting hollow core optical fiber method of manufacture Physics 9 Expired

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