Inventor · Sutton, MA, US

Tetsuo Ohara

17Patents
8h-index
9Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 5, 1990 → Apr 4, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6639686B1 METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME CONTINUAL NANOMETER SCALE POSITION MEASUREMENT BY BEAM PROBING AS BY LASER BEAMS AND THE LIKE OF ATOMIC AND OTHER UNDULATING SURFACES SUCH AS GRATINGS OR THE LIKE RELATIVELY MOVING WITH RESPECT TO THE PROBING BEAMS Physics 72 Expired
US7587110B2 Multicore optical fiber with integral diffractive elements machined by ultrafast laser direct writing Physics 66 Active
US7376307B2 Multimode long period fiber bragg grating machined by ultrafast laser direct writing Electricity 64 Expired
US5050968A Optical shutter using magneto-optical materials Physics 19 Expired
US7430484B2 Signal processing method and apparatus for use in real-time subnanometer scale position measurements with the aid of probing sensors and beams scanning periodically undulating surfaces such as gratings and diffraction patterns generated thereby, and the like Physics 17 Active
US5744799A Apparatus for and method of real-time nanometer-scale position measurement of the sensor of a scanning tunneling microscope or other sensor scanning atomic or other undulating surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5589686A Method of an apparatus for real-time nanometer-scale position measurement of the sensor of a scanning tunneling microscope or other sensor scanning atomic or other undulating surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7366378B2 Ultrafast laser machining system and method for forming diffractive structures in optical fibers Physics 8 Expired
US6840886B2 Method and apparatus for a low cost, high speed, and compact nanometer precision motion stage using friction drive and flexure hinge Electricity 5 Expired
US9464882B2 Interferometer with continuously varying path length measured in wavelengths to the reference mirror Physics 2 Active
US7532791B2 Ultrafast laser machining system and method for forming diffractive structures in optical fibers Physics 1 Active
US7294843B2 Method and apparatus for determining an optimal gap distance between an optical fiber and an optical device Physics 0 Expired
US5116281A Rotational speed switcher Electricity 0 Expired
US8455789B2 Energy collection and power reduction in laser coupling process Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US8076608B2 Energy collection and power reduction in laser coupling process Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7458914B2 Method and apparatus for a low cost and high force transmission using elastically deformable driving element for friction drive Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Expired
US7242829B2 Method and apparatus for integrated optical fiber sensing with nanometer precision Physics 0 Expired

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