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Brent E. Little
Also filed as: LITTLE BRENT · LITTLE BRENT E · LITTLE BRENT EVERETT
57 granted patents·1 pending application·2,441 citations·filing 1995–2019
99Inventor score
Files withINFINERA CORP24LITTLE BRENT E14MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY5NORTHERN TELECOM LTD4LITTLE OPTICS INC3
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58 records- 0198US6567573B1Switchable optical componentsDIGILENS INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 20, 2003·445 cites·71 claims
- 0297US7356221B2Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shapeINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 8, 2008·45 cites·24 claims
- 0397US6411752B1Vertically coupled optical resonator devices over a cross-grid waveguide architectureMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 25, 2002·281 cites·19 claims
- 0497US6101300AHigh efficiency channel drop filter with absorption induced on/off switching and modulationMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 8, 2000·246 cites·50 claims
- 0597US6052495AResonator modulators and wavelength routing switchesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 18, 2000·273 cites·20 claims
- 0696US7796262B1Integrated optical resonator device for measuring chemical and biological analyte concentrationsNOMADICS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 14, 2010·84 cites·37 claims
- 0796US7359593B2Integrated optical mode shape transformer and method of fabricationINFINERA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 15, 2008·55 cites·17 claims
- 0896US6195187B1Wavelength-division multiplexed M×N×M cross-connect switch using active microring resonatorsUS AIR FORCE·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 27, 2001·164 cites·47 claims
- 0995US7231113B2Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shapeINFINERA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 12, 2007·22 cites·29 claims
- 1095US7095920B1Broadband optical viaLITTLE OPTICS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 22, 2006·61 cites·12 claims
- 1195US6512866B1High efficiency channel drop filter with absorption induced on/off switching and modulationMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 28, 2003·69 cites·73 claims
- 1292US7239779B2Broadband optical viaINFINERA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 3, 2007·24 cites·6 claims
- 1391US7792403B1Adiabatic polarization converterINFINERA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 7, 2010·28 cites·16 claims
- 1491US7079727B1Integrated optical mode shape transformer and method of fabricationLITTLE OPTICS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 18, 2006·47 cites·8 claims
- 1590US8238697B2Polarization beam splitter-polarization rotator structureLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·11 cites·3 claims
- 1690US7702188B2Polarization beam splitter-polarization rotator structureINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 20, 2010·21 cites·17 claims
- 1790US7356206B2Integrated optics polarization beam splitter using form birefringenceINFINERA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 8, 2008·11 cites·19 claims
- 1889US8189972B2Optical mode couplerLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2009·Granted May 29, 2012·19 cites·20 claims
- 1989US7973265B2Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shapeINFINERA CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 5, 2011·14 cites·7 claims
- 2088US5668900ATaper shapes for sidelobe suppression and bandwidth minimization in distributed feedback optical reflection filtersNORTHERN TELECOM LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 16, 1997·97 cites·8 claims
- 2186US5710849ATaper shapes for flatband response and sidelobe suppression in grating assisted optical coupler filtersNORTHERN TELECOM LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 20, 1998·82 cites·9 claims
- 2285US7565041B2Symmetric optical circuit with integrated polarization rotatorINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 21, 2009·14 cites·8 claims
- 2385US7526151B1Highly symmetric optical structuresINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 28, 2009·9 cites·13 claims
- 2485US7373042B2Polarization sorterINFINERA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 13, 2008·11 cites·39 claims
- 2585US6771857B1Switchable optical componentsHOYA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 3, 2004·26 cites·8 claims
- 2684US7505640B2Integrated optics polarization beam splitter using form birefringenceINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 17, 2009·11 cites·14 claims
- 2782US7519240B1Multi-section coupler to mitigate guide-guide asymmetryINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 14, 2009·11 cites·8 claims
- 2881US7583879B2Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shapeINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 1, 2009·7 cites·27 claims
- 2981US7035491B2Integrated optics polarization beam splitter using form birefringenceLITTLE OPTICS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·23 cites·2 claims
- 3080US8488922B2Multi-channel dispersion compensatorLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 16, 2013·10 cites·15 claims
- 3180US7546007B2Broadband optical viaINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 9, 2009·7 cites·6 claims
- 3280US6078605ATrack-changing utilizing phase response of resonatorsMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 20, 2000·49 cites·32 claims
- 3377US8116602B2High efficiency optical mode transformer for matching a single mode fiber to a high index contrast planar waveguideLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 14, 2012·28 cites·23 claims
- 3477US7903910B2Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shapeINFINERA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·3 cites·17 claims
- 3576US7801446B2Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system with rapidly-tunable optical filtersINFINERA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 21, 2010·14 cites·16 claims
- 3675US7499610B2Method of using a polarization sorterINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 3, 2009·5 cites·26 claims
- 3774US8818194B2Tunable optical demultiplexerLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 26, 2014·5 cites·27 claims
- 3874US8634684B2Anti-resonant waveguide bendsLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 21, 2014·3 cites·7 claims
- 3974US5777793APolarization insensitive multilayer planar reflection filters with near ideal spectral responseNORTHERN TELECOM LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 7, 1998·42 cites·6 claims
- 4071US8478083B2Multi-stage polarization rotatorLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 2, 2013·5 cites·21 claims
- 4170US8224139B2Tunable optical filterLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 17, 2012·5 cites·23 claims
- 4268US7899280B2Low loss lateral optical waveguide intersectionsINFINERA CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 1, 2011·3 cites·6 claims
- 4367US7003181B2Switchable optical componentsDOMASH LAWRENCE H·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 21, 2006·12 cites·7 claims
- 4466US11520157B2Polarization attenuator and polarization attenuation methodQXP TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 6, 2022·1 cites·16 claims
- 4566US7282311B2Method of forming an integrated optical circuitINFINERA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·9 cites·42 claims
- 4665US8213802B2Receiver on a photonic ICLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 3, 2012·3 cites·37 claims
- 4763US8314988B2Polarization insensitive optical circuitLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 20, 2012·3 cites·11 claims
- 4863US7577320B2Low loss lateral optical waveguide intersectionsINFINERA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 18, 2009·6 cites·8 claims
- 4959US8452185B2Polarization insensitive optical circuitLITTLE BRENT E·Filed 2007·Granted May 28, 2013·2 cites·5 claims
- 5058US7577325B2Method of fabricating a polarization sorterINFINERA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 18, 2009·1 cites·12 claims
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