Inventor · Scottsdale, AZ, US

Steven Sanders

59Patents
20h-index
64Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 6, 1994 → Feb 2, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5867305A Optical amplifier with high energy levels systems providing high peak powers Electricity 235 Expired
US6212310A High power fiber gain media system achieved through power scaling via multiplexing Electricity 211 Expired
US6434302B1 Optical couplers for multimode fibers Electricity 114 Expired
US5933271A Optical amplifiers providing high peak powers with high energy levels Electricity 97 Expired
US6081369A Fiber amplifiers and pumping sources for fiber amplifiers Electricity 95 Expired
US5912910A High power pumped mid-IR wavelength systems using nonlinear frequency mixing (NFM) devices Physics 86 Expired
US6275250A Fiber gain medium marking system pumped or seeded by a modulated laser diode source and method of energy control Physics 82 Expired
US6301273A Power enhanced frequency conversion system Physics 80 Expired
US6301271A Frequency conversion system Physics 80 Expired
US5761234A High power, reliable optical fiber pumping system with high redundancy for use in lightwave communication systems Electricity 79 Expired
US5530709A Double-clad upconversion fiber laser Electricity 74 Expired
US6477295B1 Pump coupling of double clad fibers Electricity 68 Expired
US5677920A Upconversion fiber laser Electricity 63 Expired
US5914972A Thermal compensators for waveguide DBR laser sources Electricity 58 Expired
US6167075A High power, reliable optical fiber pumping system with high redundancy for use in lightwave communication systems Electricity 51 Expired
US5657153A Optical amplifier with complementary modulation signal inputs Electricity 34 Expired
US6229828A High power pumped MID-IR wavelength devices using nonlinear frequency mixing (NFM) Physics 29 Expired
US6275632A High power fiber gain media system achieved through power scaling via multiplexing Electricity 28 Expired
US6304585A Frequency conversion system Physics 22 Expired
US6603593B2 Optical transmission link including raman amplifier Electricity 21 Expired
US6356574B1 High power, reliable optical fiber pumping system with high redundancy for use in lightwave communication system Electricity 19 Expired
US6317443A High power, reliable optical fiber pumping system with high redundancy for use in lightwave communication systems Electricity 16 Expired
US6347100B1 Short wavelength fiber laser Electricity 10 Expired
US8850547B1 Remote access service inspector Electricity 9 Active
US6424663B1 Power monitor for fiber gain medium Electricity 8 Expired

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