Inventor
KOCH THOMAS L
US39 patents
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AT & T BELL LAB
11 patentsUS5299212AMar 29, 1994
Article comprising a wavelength-stabilized semiconductor laser
AT & T BELL LAB107 citations96
US5288659AFeb 22, 1994
Photonic-integrated-circuit fabrication process
AT & T BELL LAB78 citations96
US5020153AMay 28, 1991
Tunable narrowband receiver utilizing distributed Bragg reflector laser structure
AT & T BELL LAB62 citations96
US5031188AJul 9, 1991
Inline diplex lightwave transceiver
AT & T BELL LAB57 citations95
US4944838AJul 31, 1990
Method of making tapered semiconductor waveguides
AT & T BELL LAB25 citations93
US4932032AJun 5, 1990
Tapered semiconductor waveguides
AT & T BELL LAB51 citations93
US5243669ASep 7, 1993
Asymmetric, periodically loaded waveguide for polarization rotation
AT & T BELL LAB25 citations92
US5220578AJun 15, 1993
Long term mode stabilization for distributed bragg reflector laser
AT & T BELL LAB24 citations92
US5144637ASep 1, 1992
Inline diplex lightwave transceiver
AT & T BELL LAB40 citations92
US5253314AOct 12, 1993
Tunable optical waveguide coupler
AT & T BELL LAB30 citations91
US5029297AJul 2, 1991
Optical amplifier-photodetector device
AT & T BELL LAB9 citations72
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH
8 patentsUS5413884AMay 9, 1995
Grating fabrication using electron beam lithography
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH153 citations98
US4715672ADec 29, 1987
Optical waveguide utilizing an antiresonant layered structure
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH62 citations95
US4908833AMar 13, 1990
Distributed feedback laser for frequency modulated communication systems
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH33 citations92
US4904045AFeb 27, 1990
Grating coupler with monolithically integrated quantum well index modulator
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH39 citations92
US4905253AFeb 27, 1990
Distributed Bragg reflector laser for frequency modulated communication systems
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH30 citations92
US4764246AAug 16, 1988
Buried undercut mesa-like waveguide and method of making same
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH19 citations80
US4725112AFeb 16, 1988
Buried undercut mesa-like waveguide
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH19 citations80
US4745607AMay 17, 1988
Interlayer directional coupling in antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH17 citations74
SDL INC
5 patentsUS5870417AFeb 9, 1999
Thermal compensators for waveguide DBR laser sources
SDL INC246 citations99
US5870512AFeb 9, 1999
Optimized interferometrically modulated array source
SDL INC101 citations98
US6295304B1Sep 25, 2001
Resonant pumped short cavity fiber laser with multiple optical resonators
SDL INC42 citations96
US6041070AMar 21, 2000
Resonant pumped short cavity fiber laser
SDL INC56 citations95
US6301272B1Oct 9, 2001
Resonant pumped short cavity fiber laser with optical feedback stabilization
SDL INC16 citations91
UNIV ARIZONA
5 patentsUS12280556B2Apr 22, 2025
Assembly of flexible optical waveguides and photonic chips for optical interconnection packaging
UNIV ARIZONA0 citations61
US11327225B2May 10, 2022
Optical printed circuit board with polymer array stitch
UNIV ARIZONA0 citations61
US11454759B2Sep 27, 2022
High-throughput manufacturing of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) waveguides using multiple exposures
UNIV ARIZONA0 citations50
US11402752B2Aug 2, 2022
Fabrication of optical interconnect structures for a photonic integrated circuit
UNIV ARIZONA0 citations50
US12282190B2Apr 22, 2025
Chip-to-chip optical interconnection using high refractive index couplers
UNIV ARIZONA0 citations46