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Michael Robert Watts
Also filed as: POPOVIC MILOS · WATTS MICHAEL · WATTS MICHAEL R · WATTS MICHAEL ROBERT
83 granted patents·8 pending applications·1,285 citations·filing 2002–2025
99Inventor score
Files withAnalog Photonics LLC54MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY13SANDIA CORP10LENTINE ANTHONY L2NIELSON GREGORY N2
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91 records- 0198US11768418B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 26, 2023·4 cites·13 claims
- 0298US11372106B2Optical phased arraysMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 28, 2022·19 cites·20 claims
- 0398US10761272B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·32 cites·37 claims
- 0498US10684527B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 16, 2020·12 cites·14 claims
- 0598US10613410B2Large scale optical phased arrayAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 7, 2020·24 cites·20 claims
- 0698US10338321B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 2, 2019·40 cites·25 claims
- 0798US8027587B1Integrated optic vector-matrix multiplierSANDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 27, 2011·126 cites·28 claims
- 0898US7941014B1Optical waveguide device with an adiabatically-varying widthSANDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted May 10, 2011·77 cites·23 claims
- 0997US11960192B2Optical phase shifter deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 16, 2024·2 cites·18 claims
- 1097US11409044B2Integrated polarization rotation and splitting using mode hybridization between multple core structuresAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 9, 2022·11 cites·20 claims
- 1197US11150411B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 19, 2021·24 cites·20 claims
- 1297US11079653B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 3, 2021·9 cites·12 claims
- 1397US11003045B2Phase front shaping in one and two-dimensional optical phased arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2018·Granted May 11, 2021·13 cites·24 claims
- 1497US8988754B2Optical phased arrays with evanescently-coupled antennasSUN JIE·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 24, 2015·120 cites·27 claims
- 1597US7667200B1Thermal microphotonic sensor and sensor arraySANDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·49 cites·27 claims
- 1696US12313953B2Phase front shaping in one and two-dimensional optical phased arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 27, 2025·2 cites·28 claims
- 1796US12007607B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 11, 2024·4 cites·13 claims
- 1896US11079654B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 3, 2021·6 cites·12 claims
- 1996US10976491B2Photonics interposer optoelectronicsUNIV NEW YORK STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 13, 2021·35 cites·20 claims
- 2096US10627517B2Optical phased arraysMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 21, 2020·38 cites·19 claims
- 2196US9476981B2Optical phased arraysYAACOBI AMI·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 25, 2016·88 cites·19 claims
- 2296US7820970B1Fabrication of thermal microphotonic sensors and sensor arraysSANDIA CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 26, 2010·47 cites·20 claims
- 2396US7616850B1Wavelength-tunable optical ring resonatorsSANDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 10, 2009·69 cites·21 claims
- 2495US12474528B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Nov 18, 2025·2 cites·22 claims
- 2595US11860422B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 2, 2024·2 cites·13 claims
- 2695US11809058B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 7, 2023·2 cites·11 claims
- 2795US11525915B2Multi-static coherent LiDARAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 13, 2022·4 cites·43 claims
- 2895US11353769B2Speckle reduction in photonic phased arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 7, 2022·6 cites·15 claims
- 2995US10884312B2Optical deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 5, 2021·8 cites·15 claims
- 3095US10527906B2Thermal phase shifters for optical phased arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 7, 2020·8 cites·25 claims
- 3195US10101630B2Optical waveguide deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 16, 2018·19 cites·18 claims
- 3295US7983517B1Wavelength-tunable optical ring resonatorsSANDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 19, 2011·26 cites·18 claims
- 3394US11619718B2Integrated optical structures for LiDAR and other applications employing multiple detectorsAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 4, 2023·2 cites·14 claims
- 3494US11604397B2Phase front shaping in one and two-dimensional optical phased arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 14, 2023·2 cites·24 claims
- 3594US11579370B2Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arraysAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 14, 2023·2 cites·17 claims
- 3694US11061140B2Wavelength division multiplexed LiDARAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 13, 2021·16 cites·18 claims
- 3794US9128308B1Low-voltage differentially-signaled modulatorsSANDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 8, 2015·18 cites·19 claims
- 3893US12061260B2Multi-static coherent LiDARAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 13, 2024·2 cites·38 claims
- 3993US11960006B2Wavelength division multiplexed LiDARAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 16, 2024·2 cites·12 claims
- 4093US11526063B2Optical phase shifter deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 13, 2022·2 cites·14 claims
- 4193US9130092B1Photovoltaic solar cellNIELSON GREGORY N·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 8, 2015·9 cites·11 claims
- 4293US8615173B1System for active control of integrated resonant optical device wavelengthLENTINE ANTHONY L·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 24, 2013·16 cites·18 claims
- 4392US12072531B2Integrated polarization rotation and splitting using mode hybridization between multiple core structuresAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 27, 2024·2 cites·15 claims
- 4492US10809591B2Optical phase shifter deviceAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 20, 2020·4 cites·13 claims
- 4592US10075245B2Apparatus and methods for reconfigurable optical receiversMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 11, 2018·11 cites·23 claims
- 4692US8755647B2Methods and apparatus for vertical coupling from dielectric waveguidesYAACOBI AMI·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 17, 2014·21 cites·23 claims
- 4792US8610994B1Silicon photonics thermal phase shifter with reduced temperature rangeLENTINE ANTHONY L·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 17, 2013·18 cites·22 claims
- 4892US7424181B2Hitless switch for high-density integrated opticsMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 9, 2008·28 cites·22 claims
- 4991US10690993B2Tunable optical structuresAnalog Photonics LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 23, 2020·5 cites·67 claims
- 5091US9329413B1Method and apparatus of highly linear optical modulationSANDIA CORP·Filed 2014·Granted May 3, 2016·7 cites·23 claims
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