Inventor
Martin E. Fermann
Inventor
Dexter, MI, US
Overview
Patents· 143 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 light45%
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein18%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus14%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties3%
B23KSoldering or unsoldering2%
G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light2%
G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions2%
G01PMeasuring linear or angular speed, acceleration, deceleration, or shock2%
G01RMeasuring electric variables2%
G01SRadio direction-finding2%
PatentTitleYear
11,121,519Utilization of time and spatial division multiplexing in high power ultrafast optical amplifiers202111,025,027Precision frequency combs202110,690,994Stable difference frequency generation using fiber lasers202010,498,453Integrated photonic microwave transceiver system201910,454,238Systems and methods for low noise frequency multiplication, division, and synchronization201910,256,597Yb: and Nd: mode locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems201910,096,962All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems201810,067,289Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels201810,036,850Polarizing and polarization maintaining leakage channel fibers201810,014,653Laser based frequency standards and their applications20189,825,419'Multi-wavelength, ultrashort pulse generation and delivery, with applications in microscopy'20179,819,141'Compact fiber short pulse laser sources'20179,819,142'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20179,787,051'Compact optical frequency comb systems'20179,759,983'Frequency comb source with large comb spacing'20179,711,932'Optical signal processing with modelocked lasers'20179,698,559'Optical scanning and imaging systems based on dual pulsed laser systems'20179,664,849'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20179,653,868'Pulsed laser sources'20179,640,940'High power short pulse fiber laser'20179,595,802'Multi-mode fiber amplifier'20179,590,386'Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20179,570,880'Multi-mode fiber amplifier'20179,559,483'High power parallel fiber arrays'20179,553,421'Compact ultra-short pulse source amplifiers'20179,450,371'Mode-locked multi-mode fiber laser pulse source'20169,401,579'Pulsed laser sources'20169,354,485'Optical frequency ruler'20169,293,884'High power parallel fiber arrays'20169,281,650'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20169,252,561'Frequency comb source with large comb spacing'20169,252,560'Optical scanning and imaging systems based on dual pulsed laser systems'20169,252,554'Compact, coherent, high brightness light sources for the mid and far IR'20169,209,592'Optical parametric amplification, optical parametric generation, and optical pumping in optical fibers systems'20159,184,549'Compact coherent high brightness light source for the mid-IR and far IR'20159,166,361'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20159,153,928'Optical signal processing with modelocked lasers'20159,153,929'Mode-locked multi-mode fiber laser pulse source'20159,097,656'Methods for precision optical frequency synthesis and molecular detection'20159,071,037'High power short pulse fiber laser'20159,042,004'All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems'20159,036,971'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20159,013,786'High power parallel fiber arrays'20158,995,029'Ultrashort laser micro-texture printing'20158,970,947'Auto-cladded multi-core optical fibers'20158,971,358'Broadband generation of mid IR, coherent continua with optical fibers'20158,902,493'Highly rare-earth-doped optical fibers for fiber lasers and amplifiers'20148,873,593'Mode-locked multi-mode fiber laser pulse source'20148,873,916'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20148,861,555'Compact coherent high brightness light source for the mid-IR and far IR'20148,855,151'YB: and ND: mode-locked oscilltors and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20148,818,154'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20148,792,525'Compact optical frequency comb systems'20148,787,410'Compact, coherent, high brightness light sources for the mid and far IR'20148,773,754'Utilization of Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20148,761,211'Multi-mode fiber amplifier'20148,736,954'High power parallel fiber arrays'20148,699,532'Optical scanning and imaging systems based on dual pulsed laser systems'20148,670,151'Ultrashort laser micro-texture printing'20148,630,321'Scanning temporal ultrafast delay and methods and apparatuses therefor'20148,599,473'Pulsed laser sources'20138,571,075'Frequency comb source with large comb spacing'20138,570,646'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20138,571,370'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20138,548,014'Environmentally stable passively modelocked fiber laser pulse source'20138,509,270'Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20138,503,069'All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems'20138,498,046'Highly rare-earth-doped optical fibers for fiber lasers and amplifiers'20138,456,735'Pulsed laser sources'20138,442,373'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20138,405,885'Ultrashort laser micro-texture printing'20138,290,322'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20128,265,105'Scanning temporal ultrafast delay and methods and apparatuses therefor'20128,237,122'Optical scanning and imaging systems based on dual pulsed laser systems'20128,228,597'All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems'20128,208,196'Pulsed laser sources'20128,199,398'High power parallel fiber arrays'20128,170,387'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20128,165,440'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20128,135,048'Single-polarization high power fiber lasers and amplifiers'20128,130,799'Environmentally stable passively modelocked fiber laser pulse source'20128,120,778'Optical scanning and imaging systems based on dual pulsed laser systems'20128,094,691'Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20128,072,678'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20118,055,109'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20118,040,929'Optical parametric amplification, optical parametric generation, and optical pumping in optical fibers systems'20118,036,253'Resonant Fabry-Perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20118,031,396'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20118,023,538'Ultra-high power parametric amplifier system at high repetition rates'20117,995,270'Microchip—Yb fiber hybrid optical amplifier for micro-machining and marking'20117,933,300'Resonant fabry-perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20117,929,203'Utilization of Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20117,809,222'Laser based frequency standards and their applications'20107,787,729'Single mode propagation in fibers and rods with large leakage channels'20107,782,912'Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20107,782,910'Single-polarization high power fiber lasers and amplifiers'20107,688,499'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20107,656,578'Microchip-Yb fiber hybrid optical amplifier for micro-machining and marking'20107,649,915'Pulsed laser sources'20107,580,432'Scanning temporal ultrafast delay methods and apparatuses therefor'20097,576,909'Multimode amplifier for amplifying single mode light'20097,518,788'In-line, high energy fiber chirped pulse amplification system'20097,508,853'Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20097,492,508'Microchip—Yb fiber hybrid optical amplifier for micro-machining and marking'20097,453,913'Resonant Fabry-Perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20087,414,780'All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems'20087,394,591'Utilization of Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators in solid-state short pulse laser systems'20087,257,302'In-line, high energy fiber chirped pulse amplification system'20077,190,705'Pulsed laser sources'20077,190,511'Fiber laser system with increased optical damage threshold'20077,167,300'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20077,088,756'Polarization maintaining dispersion controlled fiber laser source of ultrashort pulses'20066,956,887'Resonant fabry-perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20056,954,575'Single-polarization high power fiber lasers and amplifiers'20056,904,219'Ultra high-power continuous wave planar waveguide amplifiers and lasers'20056,885,683'Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source'20056,819,694'Resonant fabry-perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20046,778,732'Generation of high-power, high brightness optical beams by optical cutting and beam-shaping of diode lasers'20046,765,725'Fiber pigtailed high power laser diode module with high brightness'20046,700,709'Configuration of and method for optical beam shaping of diode laser bars'20046,396,856'Scanning temporal ultrafast delay methods and apparatuses therefor'20026,344,921'Optical parametric amplifiers and generators in optical communication systems'20026,275,512'Mode-locked multimode fiber laser pulse source'20016,252,892'Resonant fabry-perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters'20016,249,630'Apparatus and method for delivery of dispersion-compensated ultrashort optical pulses with high peak power'20016,072,811'Integrated passively modelocked fiber lasers and method for constructing the same'20006,034,975'High power, passively modelocked fiber laser, and method of construction'20006,014,249'Apparatus and method for the generation of high-power femtosecond pulses from a fiber amplifier'20005,923,686'Environmentally stable passively modelocked fiber laser pulse source'19995,920,668'Compact fiber laser unit'19995,880,877'Apparatus and method for the generation of high-power femtosecond pulses from a fiber amplifier'19995,818,630'Single-mode amplifiers and compressors based on multi-mode fibers'19985,778,016'Scanning temporal ultrafast delay methods and apparatuses therefor'19985,701,319'Method and apparatus for generating ultrashort pulses with adjustable repetition rates from passively modelocked fiber lasers'19975,696,782'High power fiber chirped pulse amplification systems based on cladding pumped rare-earth doped fibers'19975,689,519'Environmentally stable passively modelocked fiber laser pulse source'19975,627,848'Apparatus for producing femtosecond and picosecond pulses from modelocked fiber lasers cladding pumped with broad area diode laser arrays'19975,499,134'Optical pulse amplification using chirped Bragg gratings'19965,479,422'Controllabel dual-wavelength operation of modelocked lasers'19955,450,427'Technique for the generation of optical pulses in modelocked lasers by dispersive control of the oscillation pulse width'19955,440,573'Method and apparatus for controlling laser emmision wavelength using non-linear effects'19955,414,725'Harmonic partitioning of a passively mode-locked laser'19955,127,928'Method for the manufacture of a waveguide mixer'1992Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1992Based in Vienna, AT· patent location history
1995–2021Patents assigned to IMRA AMERICA INC (132)· patent assignee history
1995–2014Based in Ann Arbor, MI, US· patent location history
2004–2012Based in Franklin, MA, US· patent location history
2006–2021Based in Dexter, MI, US· patent location history
2011–2017Patents assigned to FERMANN MARTIN E (28)· patent assignee history
2011–2014Patents assigned to HARTER DONALD J (12)· patent assignee history
2012–2017Patents assigned to HARTL INGMAR (18)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to FERMANN MARTIN (7)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| IMRA AMERICA INC | 132 | 1995–2021 |
| FERMANN MARTIN Eself | 28 | 2011–2017 |
| HARTL INGMAR | 18 | 2012–2017 |
| HARTER DONALD J | 12 | 2011–2014 |
| FERMANN MARTINself | 7 | 2012–2015 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Dexter, MI, US | 91 | 2006–2021 |
| Ann Arbor, MI, US | 44 | 1995–2014 |
| Franklin, Massachusetts, US | 7 | 2004–2012 |
| Vienna, AT | 1 | 1992 |