Simon Cao
90Patents
18h-index
35Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 19, 1996 → Aug 15, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6441959B1 | Method and system for testing a tunable chromatic dispersion, dispersion slope, and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US6301048A | Tunable chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array | Physics | 121 | Expired |
| US5748350A | Dense wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer devices | Electricity | 110 | Expired |
| US6169604A | Nonlinear interferometer for fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing a phase bias element to separate wavelengths in an optical signal | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US6130971A | Fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer with a phase differential method of wavelength separation utilizing a polarization beam splitter and a nonlinear interferometer | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US6028706A | Virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) having a varying reflectivity surface to improve beam profile | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US6310690A | Dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing an asymmetric pass band interferometer | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6480331B1 | Reflection-type polarization-independent optical isolator, optical isolator/amplifier/monitor, and optical system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US6344910B1 | Optical performance monitor | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US6263126A | Fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing a multi-stage parallel cascade method of wavelength separation | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6236506A | Reflection-type optical circulation utilizing a lens and birefringent plates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US6396629B1 | Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple birefringent plates and a non-linear interferometer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US6556320B1 | Tunable chromatic dispersion, dispersion slope, and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| US6487342B1 | Method, system and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation utilizing a gires-tournois interferometer | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6144494A | Virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) having spacer element and optical length adjusting element | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6307677A | High-isolation dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing birefringent plates and a non-linear interferometer | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US6296361A | Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produced chromatic dispersion | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6317526A | Optical phase controller and optical switch | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6169616A | Optical and programmable fiber optic wavelength add/drop system | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6310993A | Method and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation and dispersion slope compensation in wavelength division multiplexed systems utilizing a channel separator and virtually imaged phased arrays | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6226115A | Optical circulator or switch having a birefringent wedge positioned between faraday rotators | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US6343866B1 | Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6169828A | Fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer with a phase differential method of wavelength separation utilizing a polarization beam splitter and a nonlinear interferometer | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6263129A | High-isolation dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing a polarization beam splitter, non-linear interferometers and birefringent plates | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7236704B1 | Optical add/drop multiplexer utilizing variable optical attenuator | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.