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William R. Holland
Also filed as: HOLLAND WILLIAM R · HOLLAND WILLIAM ROBERT
36 granted patents·2 pending applications·985 citations·filing 1985–2020
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38 records- 0197US6396575B1Test and measurement system for detecting and monitoring faults and losses in passive optical networks (PONs)LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 28, 2002·111 cites·34 claims
- 0297US5155785AOptical fiber interconnection apparatus and methodAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 13, 1992·205 cites·27 claims
- 0394US5259051AOptical fiber interconnection apparatus and methods of making interconnectionsAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 2, 1993·113 cites·24 claims
- 0493US8472765B2Fiber based laser combinersHOLLAND WILLIAM R·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 25, 2013·20 cites·22 claims
- 0591US6519026B1Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 11, 2003·65 cites·24 claims
- 0691US4649280AMethod and system for the enhancement of fluorescenceUNIV ROCHESTER·Filed 1985·Granted Mar 10, 1987·92 cites·23 claims
- 0784US5292390AOptical fiber encapsulating techniquesAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 8, 1994·67 cites·14 claims
- 0883US9322993B1All pump combiner with cladless inputsOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 26, 2016·4 cites·5 claims
- 0980US5513293AOptical backplane for a telecommunication distribution frameAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 30, 1996·50 cites·15 claims
- 1077US9362709B1Optical fiber laser architecture with partitioned pump and signal couplingOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 7, 2016·2 cites·18 claims
- 1176US6823101B2Method for calibrating a MEMS deviceAGERE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 23, 2004·18 cites·21 claims
- 1273US9459407B2Ring combinerOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·2 cites·8 claims
- 1371US9211681B2Fiber Based Laser CombinersOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 15, 2015·2 cites·16 claims
- 1469US6504604B1In situ polarization mode dispersion measurementLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 7, 2003·27 cites·23 claims
- 1569US6351587B1Multi-fiber digital delay lineLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 26, 2002·33 cites·18 claims
- 1668US10114172B2Multimode beam combinerOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 30, 2018·2 cites·13 claims
- 1768US6344919B1Methods and systems for producing linear polarization states of light at the end of a length of optical fiberLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 5, 2002·11 cites·25 claims
- 1868US5425831AOptical fiber connecting methodAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 20, 1995·30 cites·9 claims
- 1966US9759585B2TDM- and WDM-based FBG sensor array systemOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 12, 2017·2 cites·18 claims
- 2065US9768581B2Pump and signal combiner for high numerical aperture useOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 19, 2017·1 cites·16 claims
- 2165US9091800B2Glass buffersOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 28, 2015·1 cites·16 claims
- 2265US5155620ANonlinear optical devices and methodsAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 13, 1992·32 cites·16 claims
- 2364US9671562B2Monitoring power combinersOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 6, 2017·2 cites·7 claims
- 2464US6452681B1Optical spectrum analyzerFITEL USA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 17, 2002·30 cites·44 claims
- 2561US8737437B2Fiber laser cavity optical engine package and method of making the sameOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2013·Granted May 27, 2014·1 cites·26 claims
- 2661US6934431B2Variable optical delay lines and methods for making sameLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 23, 2005·8 cites·8 claims
- 2758US6731834B2System and method to calibrate an optical cross-connectAGERE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 4, 2004·6 cites·24 claims
- 2857US5943455AMethod and apparatus for interfacing optical fibers from optical fiber ribbons and cables with an optical integrated circuitLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 24, 1999·21 cites·11 claims
- 2949US7831114B2Tunable dispersion compensator with minimum differential group delayOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 9, 2010·0 cites·12 claims
- 3048US10539740B2Optical combinerOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 21, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 3148US9595803B2Fat-fiber adapter for pump useOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 14, 2017·0 cites·11 claims
- 3248US8380019B2Tunable dispersion compensator with minimum differential group delayOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 19, 2013·0 cites·7 claims
- 3348US5394504AOptical fiber encapsulation techniquesAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 28, 1995·18 cites·17 claims
- 3446US2022357527A1Multicore fiber and fanout assemblyOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3541US5421930AOptical fiber routing method and apparatusAMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 6, 1995·9 cites·21 claims
- 3638US9377586B2NA reduction in fiber optical couplersHOLLAND WILLIAM R·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 28, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 3736US10739517B2Cleaving optical fibersOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 11, 2020·0 cites·5 claims
- 3833US2015372442A1Architecture for high power fiber laserOFS FITEL LLC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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