Inventor · Lexington, MA, US

Peter S. Whitney

40Patents
13h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 25, 2000 → Dec 20, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6836366B1 Integrated tunable fabry-perot filter and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6341039B1 Flexible membrane for tunable fabry-perot filter Physics 56 Expired
US6608711B2 Silicon on insulator optical membrane structure for fabry-perot MOEMS filter Physics 47 Expired
US8515221B2 Silicon optical bench OCT probe for medical imaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US8781287B2 Silicon optical bench OCT probe for medical imaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US6407376B1 Optical channel monitoring system with self-calibration Electricity 26 Expired
US8994954B2 System and method for stabilizing mode locked swept laser for OCT medical imaging Electricity 23 Active
US6525880B2 Integrated tunable fabry-perot filter and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6625372B1 Mounting and alignment structures for optical components Physics 18 Expired
US6905255B2 Integrated optical system monitoring system Physics 16 Expired
US6416937B1 Optical component installation process Physics 15 Expired
US6643075B2 Reentrant-walled optical system template and process for optical system fabrication using same Physics 15 Expired
US6559464B1 Optical system active alignment process including alignment structure attach, position search, and deformation Physics 14 Expired
US6549548B2 Interferometric filter wavelength meter and controller Electricity 12 Expired
US6381066B1 Integrated semiconductor optical amplifier system Electricity 11 Expired
US6776538B2 MEMS tunable optical filter system with moisture getter for frequency stability Physics 9 Expired
US7095776B2 Interferometric filter wavelength meter and controller Electricity 5 Expired
US6459710B1 Reflector for directing front facet light to monitor diode Electricity 5 Expired
US7249894B1 System and process for post alignment polarization extinction ratio compensation in semiconductor laser system Physics 3 Expired
US8675293B2 SOI lens structure for medical probe Physics 3 Active
US10951009B2 Tunable VCSEL polarization control through dissimilar die bonding Electricity 3 Active
US7003211B2 Optical system production system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US10951007B2 Optically pumped tunable VCSEL employing geometric isolation Electricity 2 Active
US7076860B2 Optical system manufacturing and alignment system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8660164B2 Method and system for avoiding package induced failure in swept semiconductor source Electricity 1 Active

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