Inventor · Stanford, CA, US

Robert L. Byer

59Patents
21h-index
59Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 14, 1977 → Jul 9, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4739507A Diode end pumped laser and harmonic generator using same Electricity 98 Expired
US5036220A Nonlinear optical radiation generator and method of controlling regions of ferroelectric polarization domains in solid state bodies Physics 96 Expired
US4809291A Diode pumped laser and doubling to obtain blue light Electricity 72 Expired
US6108121A Micromachined high reflectance deformable mirror Physics 63 Expired
US5673281A Solid state system for frequency conversion using raman-active media and non-linear media Electricity 55 Expired
US4578793A Solid-state non-planar internally reflecting ring laser Electricity 53 Expired
US4555786A High power solid state laser Electricity 53 Expired
US4902127A Eye-safe coherent laser radar Electricity 50 Expired
US5027361A Efficient laser harmonic generation employing a low-loss external optical resonator Physics 39 Expired
US4890289A Fiber coupled diode pumped moving solid state laser Electricity 38 Expired
US4764933A Diode pumped low doped Nd .sub.3+ glass laser Electricity 37 Expired
US4914663A Generation of short high peak power pulses from an injection mode-locked Q-switched laser oscillator Electricity 34 Expired
US4731787A Monolithic phasematched laser harmonic generator Electricity 34 Expired
US4172663A Optical wavelength meter Physics 33 Expired
US4450356A Frequency-mixed CO.sub.2 laser radar for remote detection of gases in the atmosphere Physics 31 Expired
US6134258A Transverse-pumped sLAB laser/amplifier Electricity 30 Expired
US4951294A Diode pumped modelocked solid state laser Electricity 27 Expired
US5355247A Method using a monolithic crystalline material for producing radiation by quasi-phase-matching, diffusion bonded monolithic crystalline material for quasi-phase-matching, and method for fabricating same Physics 24 Expired
US4421721A Apparatus for growing crystal fibers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5479430A Protective coating for solid state slab lasers Electricity 23 Expired
US4386854A Method and means for optically generating signals for use in monitoring an environment using tomographic techniques Physics 23 Expired
US5027360A High power continuous wave injection-locked solid state laser Electricity 18 Expired
US6480325B1 Laser light source and image display based on quasi-phasematched nonlinear optical devices Electricity 18 Expired
US4378601A Slab and holder for face pumped slab laser Electricity 18 Expired
US4701928A Diode laser pumped co-doped laser Electricity 18 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.