Inventor · San Marino, CA, US

William Steier

12Patents
9h-index
19Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 13, 1991 → Apr 3, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6067186A Class of high hyperpolarizability organic chromophores and process for synthesizing the same Physics 54 Expired
US6348992B1 Sterically stabilized polyene-bridged second-order nonlinear optical chromophores and devices incorporating the same Physics 39 Expired
US6361717B1 Sterically stabilized second-order nonlinear optical chromophores and devices incorporating the same Physics 32 Expired
US5221989A Longitudinal PLZT spatial light modulator Physics 31 Expired
US6813417B2 Tapered waveguide interconnection structure and method of fabricating the same Physics 19 Expired
US6652779B1 Polymers containing polyene-based second-order nonlinear optical chromophores and devices incorporating the same Physics 17 Expired
US6558585B1 Techniques for electrode poling of electro-optic polymers to eliminate poling induced optical loss and poling induced damage to electro-optic chromophores Physics 14 Expired
US8111402B2 Optical sensing based on overlapping optical modes in optical resonator sensors and interferometric sensors Physics 14 Active
US6616865B1 Sterically stabilized second-order nonlinear optical chromophores with improved stability and devices incorporating the same Physics 10 Expired
US6555027B2 Second-order nonlinear optical chromophores containing dioxine and/or bithiophene as conjugate bridge and devices incorporating the same Physics 7 Expired
US6753992B2 Method for suppressing distortion in mach-zehnder optical modulators with a chirped or variable operating wavelength Physics 3 Expired
US7366363B2 Low-voltage flexible optic polymer modulators Physics 0 Expired

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