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X. Steve Yao
Also filed as: YAO X STEVE
34 granted patents·1 pending application·1,962 citations·filing 1995–2009
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35 records- 0198US6476959B2Optical pulse synthesis using brillouin selective sideband amplificationCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 5, 2002·117 cites·40 claims
- 0298US5929430ACoupled opto-electronic oscillatorCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 27, 1999·199 cites·57 claims
- 0398US5917179ABrillouin opto-electronic oscillatorsCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 29, 1999·214 cites·82 claims
- 0497US7343100B2Optical communications based on optical polarization multiplexing and demultiplexingGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 11, 2008·44 cites·20 claims
- 0597US6628850B1Dynamic wavelength-selective grating modulatorGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 30, 2003·72 cites·21 claims
- 0697US6535328B2Methods and devices based on brillouin selective sideband amplificationCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 18, 2003·139 cites·15 claims
- 0796US7067795B1Methods and systems for dynamic control of polarization of an optical signalGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 27, 2006·82 cites·20 claims
- 0896US6178036B1Opto-electronic devices and systems based on brillouin selective sideband amplificationCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 23, 2001·170 cites·73 claims
- 0995US7218436B2Optical instrument and measurements using multiple tunable optical polarization rotatorsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 15, 2007·53 cites·23 claims
- 1094US6594061B2Acceleration-insensitive opto-electronic oscillatorsCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 15, 2003·132 cites·23 claims
- 1193US7522785B2Measurements of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) and degree of polarization (DOP) using optical polarization controllersGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 21, 2009·21 cites·12 claims
- 1293US7436569B2Polarization measurement and self-calibration based on multiple tunable optical polarization rotatorsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 14, 2008·36 cites·17 claims
- 1393US7027198B2Generation and analysis of state of polarization using tunable optical polarization rotatorsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 11, 2006·52 cites·28 claims
- 1493US6576886B1Dynamic control of polarization of an optical signalGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 10, 2003·57 cites·20 claims
- 1591US7227686B1Tunable PMD emulators and compensatorsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 5, 2007·25 cites·7 claims
- 1688US5978125ACompact programmable photonic variable delay devicesFiled 1995·Granted Nov 2, 1999·71 cites·30 claims
- 1787US6628862B1Thermal-induced waveguide gratingsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 30, 2003·31 cites·8 claims
- 1887US5796510ALadder-structured photonic variable delay deviceFiled 1997·Granted Aug 18, 1998·60 cites·20 claims
- 1986US7157687B1Optical devices with folded optical path designsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 2, 2007·30 cites·15 claims
- 2085US7535639B2Optical depolarizers and DGD generators based on optical delayGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 19, 2009·12 cites·6 claims
- 2185US6873783B1Fiber devices with transverse-pressure-controlled squeezersGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 29, 2005·29 cites·11 claims
- 2284US7693419B1Optical spectrum analysis using optical interferometryGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 6, 2010·12 cites·17 claims
- 2384US6975454B1Variable polarization-dependent-loss sourceGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 13, 2005·29 cites·39 claims
- 2484USRE38809EPhotonic variable delay devices based on optical birefringenceGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 4, 2005·32 cites·80 claims
- 2584US6754404B2Transverse-pressure-controlled fiber devicesGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 22, 2004·25 cites·4 claims
- 2683US5561726AApparatus and method for connecting polarization sensitive devicesFiled 1995·Granted Oct 1, 1996·75 cites·22 claims
- 2782US7796894B1Reduction of noise and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) based on optical polarization stabilizer in fiber transmissionGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 14, 2010·24 cites·7 claims
- 2882US7154659B1Optical depolarizers and DGD generators based on optical delayGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 26, 2006·21 cites·11 claims
- 2980US7265837B1Sensitive polarization monitoring and controllingGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·23 cites·10 claims
- 3078US8164831B2Optical depolarizers and DGD generators based on optical delayYAO X STEVE·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 24, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
- 3178US7265836B1In-line optical polarimeter using free-space polarization sampling elementsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·17 cites·11 claims
- 3278USRE38735ECompact programmable photonic variable delay devicesGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 17, 2005·23 cites·60 claims
- 3375US7724435B1Importance sampling techniques based on adjustable differential group delay (DGD) elementsGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 25, 2010·6 cites·5 claims
- 3475US6937798B1Optical spectrum monitorGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 30, 2005·19 cites·17 claims
- 3549US2009213453A1Measurements of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) and degree of polarization (DOP) using optical polarization controllersGEN PHOTONICS CORP·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
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