Inventor
KAFKA JAMES D
US41 patents
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SPECTRA PHYSICS
17 patentsUS4829529AMay 9, 1989
Laser diode pumped fiber lasers with pump cavity
SPECTRA PHYSICS146 citations99
US4646308AFeb 24, 1987
Synchronously pumped dye laser using ultrashort pump pulses
SPECTRA PHYSICS138 citations98
US4913520AApr 3, 1990
Optical fiber for pulse compression
SPECTRA PHYSICS72 citations96
US4835778AMay 30, 1989
Subpicosecond fiber laser
SPECTRA PHYSICS62 citations96
US4750809AJun 14, 1988
Pulse compression
SPECTRA PHYSICS74 citations96
US4685107AAug 4, 1987
Dispersion compensated fiber Raman oscillator
SPECTRA PHYSICS68 citations96
US4942582AJul 17, 1990
Single frequency solid state laser
SPECTRA PHYSICS38 citations93
US4896326AJan 23, 1990
Peak power fluctuations in optical pulse compression
SPECTRA PHYSICS28 citations93
US6822978B2Nov 23, 2004
Remote UV laser system and methods of use
SPECTRA PHYSICS38 citations92
US7027477B2Apr 11, 2006
Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling
SPECTRA PHYSICS46 citations91
US5175736ADec 29, 1992
Tunable dye laser with thin birefringent filter for improved tuning
SPECTRA PHYSICS31 citations89
US4847850AJul 11, 1989
Continuum generation with miniaturized Q-switched diode pumped solid state laser
SPECTRA PHYSICS46 citations89
US6891876B2May 10, 2005
Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pumping of solid state lasers
SPECTRA PHYSICS16 citations82
US4913533AApr 3, 1990
KTP crystal nonlinear optical device with reduced drift and damage
SPECTRA PHYSICS19 citations82
US7292387B2Nov 6, 2007
Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process
SPECTRA PHYSICS12 citations81
US7016107B2Mar 21, 2006
Low-gain regenerative amplifier system
SPECTRA PHYSICS8 citations73
US7003011B2Feb 21, 2006
Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping
SPECTRA PHYSICS7 citations72
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC
17 patentsUS6373565B1Apr 16, 2002
Method and apparatus to detect a flaw in a surface of an article
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC102 citations96
US6389198B2May 14, 2002
Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC63 citations95
US6236779B1May 22, 2001
Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC82 citations95
US6421573B1Jul 16, 2002
Quasi-continuous wave lithography apparatus and method
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC75 citations94
US6185235B1Feb 6, 2001
Lasers with low doped gain medium
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC57 citations94
US5365366ANov 15, 1994
Synchronously pumped sub-picosecond optical parametric oscillator
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC63 citations93
US6417955B1Jul 9, 2002
Stack pumped vanadate amplifier
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC26 citations92
US5812308ASep 22, 1998
Mode locked laser and amplifier
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC26 citations92
US6734387B2May 11, 2004
Method and apparatus for micro-machining of articles that include polymeric materials
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC22 citations91
US6246706B1Jun 12, 2001
Laser writing method and apparatus
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC43 citations91
US6021140AFeb 1, 2000
Polarization based mode-locking of a laser
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC20 citations91
US6504858B2Jan 7, 2003
Lasers with low doped gain medium
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC33 citations90
US5847861ADec 8, 1998
Synchronously pumped sub-picosecond optical parametric oscillator
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC36 citations90
US5212698AMay 18, 1993
Dispersion compensation for ultrashort pulse generation in tuneable lasers
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC46 citations90
US5696780ADec 9, 1997
Frequency conversion system
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC19 citations82
US5185750AFeb 9, 1993
Dispersion compensation for ultrashort pulse generation in tuneable lasers
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC18 citations73
US6697390B2Feb 24, 2004
Extended lifetime harmonic generator
SPECTRA PHYSICS LASERS INC4 citations60
NEWPORT CORP
5 patentsUS10014652B2Jul 3, 2018
Broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator
NEWPORT CORP4 citations70
US11705688B2Jul 18, 2023
Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use
NEWPORT CORP0 citations55
US10784646B2Sep 22, 2020
Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use
NEWPORT CORP0 citations44
US10541505B2Jan 21, 2020
High-power ytterbium doped calcium fluoride mode-locked laser and methods of use
NEWPORT CORP0 citations42
US10297969B2May 21, 2019
Diode pumped high peak power laser system for multi-photon applications
NEWPORT CORP0 citations38