Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Thomas L. Paoli

92Patents
26h-index
44Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 1976 → Dec 15, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6545335B1 Structure and method for electrical isolation of optoelectronic integrated circuits Electricity 207 Expired
US6180428A Monolithic scanning light emitting devices using micromachining Electricity 198 Expired
US6548908B2 Structure and method for planar lateral oxidation in passive devices Electricity 196 Expired
US6674090B1 Structure and method for planar lateral oxidation in active Electricity 182 Expired
US5216263A High density, independently addressable, surface emitting semiconductor laser-light emitting diode arrays Electricity 91 Expired
US5317170A High density, independently addressable, surface emitting semiconductor laser/light emitting diode arrays without a substrate Electricity 86 Expired
US4802182A Monolithic two dimensional waveguide coupled cavity laser/modulator Electricity 79 Expired
US5438584A Dual polarization laser diode with quaternary material system Electricity 64 Expired
US5402436A Nonmonolithic array structure of multiple beam diode lasers Electricity 59 Expired
US6116756A Monolithic scanning light emitting devices Electricity 55 Expired
US5708674A Semiconductor laser or array formed by layer intermixing Electricity 53 Expired
US5140605A Thermally stabilized diode laser structure Electricity 50 Expired
US5305412A Semiconductor diode optical switching arrays utilizing low-loss, passive waveguides Electricity 50 Expired
US5412678A Multi-beam, orthogonally-polarized emitting monolithic quantum well lasers Electricity 46 Expired
US5465263A Monolithic, multiple wavelength, dual polarization laser diode arrays Electricity 44 Expired
US5764676A Transversely injected multiple wavelength diode laser array formed by layer disordering Electricity 44 Expired
US6526083B1 Two section blue laser diode with reduced output power droop Electricity 44 Expired
US5742631A Independently-addressable monolithic laser arrays Electricity 44 Expired
US5287376A Independently addressable semiconductor diode lasers with integral lowloss passive waveguides Electricity 42 Expired
US5396508A Polarization switchable quantum well laser Electricity 40 Expired
US4831629A Incoherent, optically coupled laser arrays with increased spectral width Electricity 38 Expired
US5699375A Multiple wavelength, surface emitting laser with broad bandwidth distributed Bragg reflectors Electricity 36 Expired
US5228049A Beam control in integrated diode laser and power amplifier Electricity 29 Expired
US5208456A Apparatus and system for spot position control in an optical output device employing a variable wavelength light source Electricity 27 Expired
US5498869A Apparatus for wobble correction using an agile beam polygon ROS and all-spherical optics Electricity 27 Expired

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