Sheldon McLaughlin
25Patents
6h-index
26Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 18, 2001 → Aug 20, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9250391B2 | Multicast optical switch | Physics | 61 | Active |
| US8233794B2 | Hitless MxN wavelength selective switch | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US6870679B2 | Multi-pass configurations | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US8036502B2 | Stress free mounting of optical bench for WSS | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US7676126B2 | Optical device with non-equally spaced output ports | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US7630599B2 | Wavelength dispersive device with temperature compensation | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6711311B2 | Polarization beam splitter or combiner | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US8391709B2 | MxN wavelength selective switch | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US9160478B2 | Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexor and optical switching node | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7184665B2 | Tunable dispersion compensator | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US9069139B2 | Multicast optical switch | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US10050405B2 | Wavelength locker using multiple feedback curves to wavelength lock a beam | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9548834B2 | Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexor and optical switching node | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9354365B2 | Wavelength dispersing device | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8977079B2 | WSS with high port isolation and close spaced ports | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10461493B2 | Wavelength locker using multiple feedback curves to wavelength lock a beam | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9551900B2 | Method and controller for operating a variable optical retarder and an array | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9563021B2 | Optical switching device | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10135559B1 | M×N wavelength selective switch for high degree count | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11448829B2 | M×N wavelength selective switch with compressed port spacing | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10923875B2 | Integrated component for an optical amplifier | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11079551B2 | Liquid crystal on silicon element for dual-functionality beam steering in wavelength selective switches | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10031397B2 | Method and controller for operating a variable optical retarder and an array | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11489311B2 | Optical amplifier | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10061083B2 | Wavelength dispersing device | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.