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YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE
US59 patents
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GEN PHOTONICS CORP
16 patentsUS6628861B1Sep 30, 2003
Control of guided light in waveguide using external adjustable grating
GEN PHOTONICS CORP49 citations96
US6493474B1Dec 10, 2002
Fiber devices based on fiber squeezer polarization controllers
GEN PHOTONICS CORP51 citations96
US6487336B1Nov 26, 2002
WDM channel equalization and control
GEN PHOTONICS CORP62 citations96
US8000610B2Aug 16, 2011
Monitoring mechanisms for optical systems
GEN PHOTONICS CORP20 citations93
US7534990B2May 19, 2009
Compact optical delay devices
GEN PHOTONICS CORP20 citations93
US7466471B2Dec 16, 2008
Optical instrument and measurements using multiple tunable optical polarization rotators
GEN PHOTONICS CORP20 citations93
US7391977B2Jun 24, 2008
Monitoring mechanisms for optical systems
GEN PHOTONICS CORP25 citations93
US7382962B1Jun 3, 2008
Fiber stretcher apparatus
GEN PHOTONICS CORP28 citations93
US7233720B2Jun 19, 2007
Devices based on optical waveguides with adjustable Bragg gratings
GEN PHOTONICS CORP25 citations93
US6836327B1Dec 28, 2004
In-line optical polarimeter based on integration of free-space optical elements
GEN PHOTONICS CORP26 citations93
US6795616B2Sep 21, 2004
Control of guided light in a waveguide
GEN PHOTONICS CORP21 citations93
US6480637B1Nov 12, 2002
Fiber squeezer polarization controller with low activation loss
GEN PHOTONICS CORP38 citations93
US8345238B2Jan 1, 2013
Measuring optical spectral property of light based on polarization analysis
GEN PHOTONICS CORP10 citations84
US7952711B1May 31, 2011
Waveplate analyzer based on multiple tunable optical polarization rotators
GEN PHOTONICS CORP18 citations84
US7723670B1May 25, 2010
Optical differential group delay module with folded optical path
GEN PHOTONICS CORP16 citations84
US7945130B2May 17, 2011
Mode scrambling apparatus for multimode fiber
GEN PHOTONICS CORP13 citations82
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE
12 patentsUS9823075B2Nov 21, 2017
Non-interferometric optical gyroscope based on polarization sensing
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE9 citations84
US11650296B2May 16, 2023
Optical sensing based on wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) light at different wavelengths in light detection and ranging LiDAR systems
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE2 citations73
US11619783B2Apr 4, 2023
Sine-cosine optical frequency detection devices for photonics integrated circuits and applications in LiDAR and other distributed optical sensing
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE2 citations73
US11333688B2May 17, 2022
Reflective current and magnetic sensors based on optical sensing with integrated temperature sensing
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE2 citations73
US11293757B2Apr 5, 2022
Non-interferometric optical gyroscope based on polarization sensing and implementations of closed loop control allowing for slow phase modulation
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE2 citations73
US9733133B2Aug 15, 2017
Faraday current and temperature sensors
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE4 citations73
US9041935B2May 26, 2015
Measuring polarization crosstalk in optical birefringent materials and devices based on reduction of line broadening caused by birefringent dispersion
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE4 citations73
US8422882B1Apr 16, 2013
Monitoring polarization-mode dispersion and signal-to-noise ratio in optical signals based on polarization analysis
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE5 citations73
US9506759B2Nov 29, 2016
Energy-efficient optic gyroscope devices
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE2 citations63
US12111338B2Oct 8, 2024
Reflective current and magnetic sensors based on optical sensing with integrated temperature sensing
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE0 citations62
US10281342B2May 7, 2019
Faraday current and temperature sensors
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE1 citations62
US12510637B2Dec 30, 2025
Scan-less 3D optical sensing devices and associated lidar based on stacking of integrated photonic chips, wavelength division demultiplexing and position-to-angle conversion of a lens
YAO XIAOTIAN STEVE0 citations52
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP
8 patentsUS10724922B1Jul 28, 2020
Complete characterization of polarization-maintaining fibers using distributed polarization analysis
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP14 citations86
US10324002B2Jun 18, 2019
Devices and methods for characterization of distributed fiber bend and stress
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP4 citations73
US9829410B2Nov 28, 2017
Distributed fiber bend and stress measurement for determining optical fiber reliability by multi-wavelength optical reflectometry
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP2 citations73
US9719883B2Aug 1, 2017
Devices and methods for characterization of distributed fiber bend and stress
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP4 citations73
US9689666B2Jun 27, 2017
1-dimensional and 2-dimensional distributed fiber-optic strain and stress sensors based on polarization maintaining fiber using distributed polarization crosstalk analyzer as an interrogator
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP2 citations73
US9632006B2Apr 25, 2017
Distributed fiber bend and stress measurement for determining optical fiber reliability by multi-wavelength optical reflectometry
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP4 citations73
US9476699B2Oct 25, 2016
Measurements of strain, stress and temperature by using 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional distributed fiber-optic sensors based on sensing by polarization maintaining fiber of distributed polarization crosstalk distribution
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP6 citations73
US10895477B2Jan 19, 2021
Sine-cosine optical frequency encoder devices based on optical polarization properties
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORP2 citations67
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN
5 patentsUS6567436B1May 20, 2003
Opto-electronic oscillators having optical resonators
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN179 citations99
US5723856AMar 3, 1998
Opto-electronic oscillator having a positive feedback with an open loop gain greater than one
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN243 citations99
US6873631B2Mar 29, 2005
Integrated opto-electronic oscillators having optical resonators
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN105 citations98
US6417957B1Jul 9, 2002
Opto-electronic devices for processing and transmitting RF signals based on brillouin selective sideband amplification
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN133 citations98
US5751747AMay 12, 1998
Linear swept frequency generator
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN90 citations94
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3 patentsUS ARMY
1 patentCHEN XIAOJUN
1 patentYAN LIANSHAN
1 patentLUNA INNOVATIONS INC
1 patentSUZHOU OPTORING TECH CO LTD
1 patentNUVISION PHOTONICS INC
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