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ROCKWELL DAVID A
US40 patents
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RAYTHEON CO
13 patentsUS7983312B2Jul 19, 2011
Method and apparatus for generation and amplification of light in a semi-guiding high aspect ratio core fiber
RAYTHEON CO39 citations96
US9246303B1Jan 26, 2016
Method and apparatus for temporally concentrating pump power to support generation of high peak-power pulse bursts or other time-varying laser output waveforms
RAYTHEON CO14 citations84
US9293888B2Mar 22, 2016
Method and apparatus for high-power raman beam-combining in a multimode optical fiber
RAYTHEON CO2 citations63
US12199400B2Jan 14, 2025
High-pulse-contrast fiber laser transmitters
RAYTHEON CO0 citations62
US11658455B2May 23, 2023
Raman amplifier supporting high output power and high beam quality
RAYTHEON CO1 citations62
US10944234B2Mar 9, 2021
Optical fiber for light amplification having a core with low bend loss and end features with high bend loss and related method
RAYTHEON CO0 citations62
US10177521B2Jan 8, 2019
Optical fiber for light amplification having a core with low bend loss and end features with high bend loss and related method
RAYTHEON CO1 citations62
US8014426B2Sep 6, 2011
Optical device and method of controlling a refractive index profile in the optical device
RAYTHEON CO4 citations62
US10852621B1Dec 1, 2020
System and method for generating multiple simultaneous, co-propagating wavelengths via nonlinear wavelength conversion
RAYTHEON CO1 citations61
US12444908B2Oct 14, 2025
High-brightness spatial beam combining of laser modules yielding a common image plane
RAYTHEON CO0 citations60
US11387620B2Jul 12, 2022
Compact Raman laser capable of efficient operation at low peak powers with good beam quality
RAYTHEON CO0 citations52
US10739542B2Aug 11, 2020
Method and apparatus for implementing a rectangular-core laser beam-delivery fiber that provides two orthogonal transverse bending degrees of freedom
RAYTHEON CO0 citations50
US11280973B2Mar 22, 2022
Compact package for high-aspect-ratio rectangular (HARR) optical fiber or other optical fiber
RAYTHEON CO0 citations47
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO
10 patentsUS5434662AJul 18, 1995
Speckle resistant method and apparatus with chirped laser beam
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO56 citations95
US4757268AJul 12, 1988
Energy scalable laser amplifier
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO108 citations95
US5483342AJan 9, 1996
Polarization rotator with frequency shifting phase conjugate mirror and simplified interferometric output coupler
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO48 citations92
US5208699AMay 4, 1993
Compensated, SBS-free optical beam amplification and delivery apparatus and method
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO45 citations92
US4853528AAug 1, 1989
Self-aligning phase conjugate laser
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO26 citations92
US4812639AMar 14, 1989
Self-aligning phase conjugate laser
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO41 citations92
US5726795AMar 10, 1998
Compact phase-conjugate mirror utilizing four-wave mixing in a loop configuration
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO17 citations84
US5568309AOct 22, 1996
System and method for amplification and wavefront compensation of depolarized optical beams
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO19 citations84
US5353150AOct 4, 1994
Gain homogenization apparatus and method for use in stimulated scattering of beams with non-uniform spatial intensity distribution
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO14 citations73
US4880295ANov 14, 1989
Optical device enhancement method and apparatus by control of stimulated brillouin scattering gain
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO5 citations60
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V
5 patentsUS8565272B2Oct 22, 2013
Method and apparatus for generation and amplification of light in a semi-guiding high aspect ratio core fiber
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V20 citations92
US8705918B2Apr 22, 2014
Multi-sectional fiber laser system with mode selection
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V5 citations83
US8606062B2Dec 10, 2013
Apparatus and method for mode control in a semi-guiding amplifier medium
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V7 citations83
US8594476B2Nov 26, 2013
Apparatus and method for mode control in a semi-guiding amplifier medium
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V10 citations83
US8675694B2Mar 18, 2014
Multi-media raman resonators and related system and method
SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V1 citations51
ROCKWELL DAVID A
4 patentsUS9438006B2Sep 6, 2016
Compact Raman generators
ROCKWELL DAVID A4 citations71
US9535211B2Jan 3, 2017
Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams
ROCKWELL DAVID A2 citations65
US8983259B2Mar 17, 2015
Multi-function beam delivery fibers and related system and method
ROCKWELL DAVID A2 citations61
US8896910B2Nov 25, 2014
Compact raman generator with synchronized pulses
ROCKWELL DAVID A0 citations51