Inventor
KRUPKE WILLIAM F
US36 patents
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UNIV CALIFORNIA
9 patentsUS5541948AJul 30, 1996
Transition-metal doped sulfide, selenide, and telluride laser crystal and lasers
UNIV CALIFORNIA154 citations97
US6347109B1Feb 12, 2002
High average power scaleable thin-disk laser
UNIV CALIFORNIA76 citations94
US6304584B1Oct 16, 2001
Blue diode-pumped solid-state-laser based on ytterbium doped laser crystals operating on the resonance zero-phonon transition
UNIV CALIFORNIA54 citations91
US7082148B2Jul 25, 2006
Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser
UNIV CALIFORNIA8 citations74
US5694500ADec 2, 1997
Optical amplifier operating at 1.3 microns useful for telecommunications and based on dysprosium-doped metal chloride host materials
UNIV CALIFORNIA8 citations73
US5517516AMay 14, 1996
Optically pumped cerium-doped LiSrAlF6 and LiCaAlF6
UNIV CALIFORNIA16 citations72
US7286575B2Oct 23, 2007
Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser
UNIV CALIFORNIA5 citations63
US6212215B1Apr 3, 2001
Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier
UNIV CALIFORNIA6 citations60
US6047013AApr 4, 2000
Low-phonon-frequency chalcogenide crystalline hosts for rare earth lasers operating beyond three microns
UNIV CALIFORNIA5 citations60
US ENERGY
9 patentsUS5105434AApr 14, 1992
AlGaAs diode pumped tunable chromium lasers
US ENERGY28 citations93
US4811349AMar 7, 1989
Cr3+ -doped colquiriite solid state laser material
US ENERGY32 citations89
US4205278AMay 27, 1980
Multiple excitation regenerative amplifier inertial confinement system
US ENERGY43 citations88
US4053851AOct 11, 1977
Near 16 micron CO2 laser system
US ENERGY29 citations82
US4233570ANov 11, 1980
Tunable, rare earth-doped solid state lasers
US ENERGY15 citations71
US4087763AMay 2, 1978
Method and apparatus for secondary laser pumping by electron beam excitation
US ENERGY16 citations69
US5280492AJan 18, 1994
Yb:FAP and related materials, laser gain medium comprising same, and laser systems using same
US ENERGY16 citations68
US4053852AOct 11, 1977
Method and apparatus for generating coherent near 14 and near 16 micron radiation
US ENERGY6 citations63
US4004250AJan 18, 1977
Laser action by optically depumping lower states
US ENERGY6 citations63
KRUPKE WILLIAM F
8 patentsUS7283576B2Oct 16, 2007
Optically-pumped DUV atomic vapor lasers
KRUPKE WILLIAM F12 citations83
US7061960B2Jun 13, 2006
Diode-pumped alkali amplifier
KRUPKE WILLIAM F12 citations83
US7061958B2Jun 13, 2006
Diode-pumped alkali lasers (DPALs) and amplifiers (DPAAs) with reduced buffer gas pressures
KRUPKE WILLIAM F11 citations83
US7145931B2Dec 5, 2006
Diode pumped alkali-molecular lasers and amplifiers
KRUPKE WILLIAM F3 citations62
US10153609B2Dec 11, 2018
GaN pumped ruby laser
KRUPKE WILLIAM F0 citations51
US8804786B1Aug 12, 2014
Optically-pumped sulfur monoxide molecular laser
KRUPKE WILLIAM F0 citations51
US9985410B2May 29, 2018
Ruby laser pumped ultrashort pulse laser
KRUPKE WILLIAM F0 citations41
US9293885B2Mar 22, 2016
Ultraviolet triply-optically-pumped atomic lasers (TOPAL)
KRUPKE WILLIAM F0 citations40