Inventor

Michael G. Wickham

Inventor

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

Overview

31→

Patents

1998–2015

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 31 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H01Sprimary

H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light38%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus26%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein9%

B23KSoldering or unsoldering6%

H04BTransmission6%

H04JMultiplex communication6%

C03BManufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes4%

G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light4%

C30BSingle-crystal growth2%

PatentTitleYear

8,934,748'Optical fiber systems and methods'2015 8,254,017'Optical fiber amplifier and methods of making the same'2012 7,502,395'Pulsed coherent fiber array and method'2009 7,468,832'Method and system for coherent beam combining using an integrated diffractive beam combiner and sampler'2008 7,440,174'Coherent fiber diffractive optical element beam combiner'2008 7,436,588'Method and system for hybrid coherent and incoherent diffractive beam combining'2008 7,346,085'Multi-stage method and system for coherent diffractive beam combining'2008 7,339,727'Method and system for diffractive beam combining using DOE combiner with passive phase control'2008 7,283,702'Method and apparatus for optimizing the target intensity distribution transmitted from a fiber coupled array'2007 7,155,091'Cooled high power laser lens array'2006 7,120,175'Scalable harmonic laser source and method'2006 7,088,743'Laser source comprising amplifier and adaptive wavefront/polarization driver'2006 7,065,110'Scalable wavelength shifted laser source and method'2006 6,972,887'High energy arbitrary waveform source'2005 6,708,003'Optical energy transmission system utilizing precise phase and amplitude control'2004 6,678,294'Distributed feedback laser apparatus for avoiding stimulated brillouin scattering'2004 6,396,801'Arbitrary waveform modem'2002 6,366,598'High power single mode semiconductor lasers and optical amplifiers using 2D Bragg gratings'2002 6,317,257'Technique for polarization locking optical outputs'2001 6,301,421'Photonic crystal fiber lasers and amplifiers for high power'2001 6,269,200'All optical RF signal channelizer'2001 6,243,515'Apparatus for optically pumping an optical fiber from the side'2001 6,208,773'Addressable, semiconductor adaptable Bragg gratings (ASABG)'2001 6,167,024'Multiple channel control using orthogonally modulated coded drive signals'2000 6,094,285'All optical RF signal channelizer'2000 6,093,927'Automated precision wavelength control for fiber optic Bragg grating writing'2000 6,084,718'Method and apparatus for high energy propagation back focus control'2000 6,016,371'Optical RF signal processing'2000 5,898,804'Precision wavelength control for automated fiber optic Bragg grating writing'1999 5,852,687'Integrated optical time delay unit'1998 5,781,327'Optically efficient high dynamic range electro-optic modulator'1998

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1998–2002Patents assigned to TRW INC (15)· patent assignee history

1998–2015Based in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US· patent location history

2004–2008Patents assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP (13)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to KOMINE HIROSHI (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to RICE ROBERT R (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
TRW INC	15	1998–2002
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP	13	2004–2008
KOMINE HIROSHI	2	2012–2015
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP	2	2012–2015
RICE ROBERT R	2	2012–2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, US	31	1998–2015