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KIMERLING LIONEL C
US86 patents
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MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY
40 patentsUS6812495B2Nov 2, 2004
Ge photodetectors
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY113 citations98
US6635110B1Oct 21, 2003
Cyclic thermal anneal for dislocation reduction
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY161 citations98
US6352942B1Mar 5, 2002
Oxidation of silicon on germanium
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY141 citations98
US7305157B2Dec 4, 2007
Vertically-integrated waveguide photodetector apparatus and related coupling methods
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY62 citations97
US6751368B2Jun 15, 2004
Methods of altering the resonance of waveguide micro-resonators
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY63 citations96
US5841931ANov 24, 1998
Methods of forming polycrystalline semiconductor waveguides for optoelectronic integrated circuits, and devices formed thereby
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY216 citations96
US6697551B2Feb 24, 2004
Mode transformer between low index difference waveguide and high index difference waveguide
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY57 citations95
US6690871B2Feb 10, 2004
Graded index waveguide
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY65 citations95
US6631225B2Oct 7, 2003
Mode coupler between low index difference waveguide and high index difference waveguide
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY70 citations95
US6108464AAug 22, 2000
Optoelectronic integrated circuits formed of polycrystalline semiconductor waveguide
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY117 citations95
US6621972B2Sep 16, 2003
Optical waveguides with trench structures
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY53 citations94
US7723754B2May 25, 2010
Ge photodetectors
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY25 citations93
US6743974B2Jun 1, 2004
Silicon solar cell with germanium backside solar cell
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY28 citations93
US6627923B1Sep 30, 2003
Resonant microcavities
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY41 citations93
US7831123B2Nov 9, 2010
Microphotonic waveguide including core/cladding interface layer
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY45 citations92
US7596158B2Sep 29, 2009
Method and structure of germanium laser on silicon
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY35 citations92
US7566942B2Jul 28, 2009
Multi-spectral pixel and focal plane array
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY25 citations92
US7565046B2Jul 21, 2009
Mode transformers for low index high confinement waveguides
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY33 citations92
US7424181B2Sep 9, 2008
Hitless switch for high-density integrated optics
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY28 citations92
US7266263B2Sep 4, 2007
Integrated waveguide photodetector apparatus with matching propagation constants and related coupling methods
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY43 citations92
US7092590B2Aug 15, 2006
Methods of altering the resonance of waveguide micro-resonators
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY12 citations92
US7043120B2May 9, 2006
Array waveguide grating
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY22 citations92
US6946318B2Sep 20, 2005
Method of forming GE photodetectors
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY38 citations92
US6925226B2Aug 2, 2005
Methods of altering the resonance of waveguide micro-resonators
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY18 citations92
US6850683B2Feb 1, 2005
Low-loss waveguide and method of making same
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY50 citations92
US6624945B2Sep 23, 2003
Thin film filters using omnidirectional reflectors
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY35 citations92
US9110221B2Aug 18, 2015
Athermal photonic waveguide with refractive index tuning
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY22 citations91
US7801406B2Sep 21, 2010
Method of fabricating Ge or SiGe/Si waveguide or photonic crystal structures by selective growth
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY20 citations91
US7321713B2Jan 22, 2008
Silicon based on-chip photonic band gap cladding waveguide
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY45 citations91
US7190871B2Mar 13, 2007
Polysilane thin films for directly patternable waveguides
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY19 citations91
US7123805B2Oct 17, 2006
Multiple oxidation smoothing method for reducing silicon waveguide roughness
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY25 citations91
US6846509B2Jan 25, 2005
Room temperature luminescent Erbium Oxide thin films for photonics
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY25 citations90
US6661938B2Dec 9, 2003
Optical micro-cavity sensors
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY22 citations90
US7482532B2Jan 27, 2009
Light trapping in thin film solar cells using textured photonic crystal
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY45 citations88
US7310454B2Dec 18, 2007
Photonic bandgap modulator, amplifier, demux, and TDM devices
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY13 citations84
US7872233B2Jan 18, 2011
Thermo-optic infrared pixel and focal plane array
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY12 citations83
US7606499B2Oct 20, 2009
Bidirectional transceiver assembly for POF application
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY10 citations83
US7480430B2Jan 20, 2009
Partial confinement photonic crystal waveguides
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY18 citations82
US7840099B2Nov 23, 2010
Ultrafast Ge/Si resonator-based modulators for optical data communications in silicon photonics
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY8 citations80
US7447410B2Nov 4, 2008
CHG ring resonators
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY6 citations74
BELL TELEPHONE LABOR INC
2 patentsFUJIFILM CORP
2 patentsPAN DONG
1 patentAT & T BELL LAB
1 patentWESTERN ELECTRIC CO
1 patentLIN PAO TAI
1 patentKIMERLING LIONEL C
1 patentWANG JIANFEI
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