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Simon Cao
Also filed as: CAO SIMON · CAO SIMON X F · CAO SIMON XIAOFAN
90 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,869 citations·filing 1996–2017
99Inventor score
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95 records- 0197US6301048B1Tunable chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased arrayAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 9, 2001·137 cites·33 claims
- 0296US6441959B1Method and system for testing a tunable chromatic dispersion, dispersion slope, and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased arrayAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 27, 2002·149 cites·1 claims
- 0394US5748350ADense wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer devicesE TEK DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 5, 1998·153 cites·32 claims
- 0493US6396629B1Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple birefringent plates and a non-linear interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 28, 2002·38 cites·33 claims
- 0592US6487342B1Method, system and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation utilizing a gires-tournois interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 26, 2002·48 cites·46 claims
- 0691US6614573B1Switchable interleaved channel separator devices and systemsAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2003·30 cites·21 claims
- 0790US6343866B1Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersionFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 5, 2002·30 cites·46 claims
- 0889US6556320B1Tunable chromatic dispersion, dispersion slope, and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased arrayAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 29, 2003·43 cites·51 claims
- 0988US6130971AFiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer with a phase differential method of wavelength separation utilizing a polarization beam splitter and a nonlinear interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 10, 2000·72 cites·4 claims
- 1087US6028706AVirtually imaged phased array (VIPA) having a varying reflectivity surface to improve beam profileFUJITSU LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 22, 2000·67 cites·29 claims
- 1186US7236704B1Optical add/drop multiplexer utilizing variable optical attenuatorAVANEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 26, 2007·30 cites·24 claims
- 1286US6296361B1Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produced chromatic dispersionFUJITSU LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 2, 2001·44 cites·42 claims
- 1386US6169604B1Nonlinear interferometer for fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing a phase bias element to separate wavelengths in an optical signalAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 2, 2001·74 cites·20 claims
- 1485US6748140B1Method, system and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation utilizing a Gires-Tournois interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 8, 2004·23 cites·22 claims
- 1585US6480331B1Reflection-type polarization-independent optical isolator, optical isolator/amplifier/monitor, and optical systemAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 12, 2002·55 cites·11 claims
- 1685US6307677B2High-isolation dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing birefringent plates and a non-linear interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 23, 2001·24 cites·10 claims
- 1784US6407839B1Optical and programmable fiber optic wavelength add/drop systemAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 18, 2002·18 cites·9 claims
- 1883US6344910B1Optical performance monitorAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 5, 2002·63 cites·15 claims
- 1982US6332689B1Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersionFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 25, 2001·16 cites·21 claims
- 2081US6263126B1Fiber optic dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing a multi-stage parallel cascade method of wavelength separationAVANEX CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 17, 2001·46 cites·32 claims
- 2180US6441952B1Apparatus and method for channel monitoring in a hybrid distributed Raman/EDFA optical amplifierAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 27, 2002·19 cites·2 claims
- 2279US9733469B2Unbalanced hub designMATERION CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 15, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2379US6481861B2Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersionFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 19, 2002·14 cites·17 claims
- 2478US6363184B2Method and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation and dispersion slope compensation in wavelength division multiplexed systems utilizing a channel separator and virtually imaged phased arraysAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 26, 2002·16 cites·16 claims
- 2578US6310690B1Dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing an asymmetric pass band interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 30, 2001·47 cites·26 claims
- 2677US6421480B2High-isolation dense wavelength division multiplexer utilizing birefringent plates and non-linear interferometerAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 16, 2002·14 cites·9 claims
- 2776US6538815B1Bi-directional optical circulator and applications thereofAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2003·17 cites·58 claims
- 2876US6459528B1Optical passive components and bi-directional amplifierAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 1, 2002·10 cites·20 claims
- 2976US6236506B1Reflection-type optical circulation utilizing a lens and birefringent platesAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 22, 2001·39 cites·8 claims
- 3075US6744991B1Tunable chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased arrayAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 1, 2004·16 cites·39 claims
- 3174US6668115B2Method, apparatus, and system for compensation of amplifier gain slope and chromatic dispersion utilizing a virtually imaged phased arrayAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 23, 2003·15 cites·10 claims
- 3273US6493141B2Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometersAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 10, 2002·12 cites·12 claims
- 3373US6317526B1Optical phase controller and optical switchFUJITSU LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 13, 2001·41 cites·47 claims
- 3472US6885821B2Full-duplex optical add/drop communications system utilizing central light sourcesAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 26, 2005·12 cites·47 claims
- 3572US6463189B1Method and apparatus for optical switching devices utilizing a bi-morphic piezoelectric apparatusAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·14 cites·18 claims
- 3672US6169616B1Optical and programmable fiber optic wavelength add/drop systemAVANEX CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 2, 2001·32 cites·9 claims
- 3771US6433901B2Optical performance monitorAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 13, 2002·10 cites·18 claims
- 3871US6310993B1Method and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation and dispersion slope compensation in wavelength division multiplexed systems utilizing a channel separator and virtually imaged phased arraysAVANEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 30, 2001·31 cites·18 claims
- 3969US6553160B2Method and apparatus for asymmetric multiplexing and demultiplexing of optical signals utilizing a diffraction gratingAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 22, 2003·11 cites·17 claims
- 4068US10353280B2Optically enhanced solid-state light convertersMATERION CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 16, 2019·2 cites·14 claims
- 4168US7009770B1Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometersAVANEX CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 7, 2006·5 cites·3 claims
- 4268US6760158B1Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometersAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 6, 2004·5 cites·19 claims
- 4368US6714705B1Tunable chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array and a rotating gratingAVANEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 30, 2004·13 cites·17 claims
- 4468US6525848B2Switchable interleaved optical channel separator and isolator device and optical systems utilizing sameAVANEX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 25, 2003·11 cites·15 claims
- 4568US6390633B2Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersionFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2001·Granted May 21, 2002·6 cites·13 claims
- 4667US6721078B1Switchable interleaved channel separator devices and systemsAVANEX CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 13, 2004·6 cites·6 claims
- 4766US6865024B1Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometersAVANEX CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 8, 2005·4 cites·6 claims
- 4866US6714699B1Multi-wavelength non-laser light sourceAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 30, 2004·9 cites·18 claims
- 4965US6778780B1WDM utilizing grating-based channel separatorsAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 17, 2004·7 cites·24 claims
- 5065US6393176B1Dense wavelength division multiplexer which includes a dense optical channel comb filterAVANEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·6 cites·19 claims
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