Inventor
David A. Rockwell
Inventor
Culver City, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 38 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 light39%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus25%
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein13%
G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions3%
G01SRadio direction-finding3%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification3%
B23KSoldering or unsoldering2%
C03BManufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes2%
F28DHeat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media do not come into direct contact2%
F28FDetails of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general application2%
PatentTitleYear
10,944,234Optical fiber for light amplification having a core with low bend loss and end features with high bend loss and related method202110,852,621System and method for generating multiple simultaneous, co-propagating wavelengths via nonlinear wavelength conversion202010,739,542Method and apparatus for implementing a rectangular-core laser beam-delivery fiber that provides two orthogonal transverse bending degrees of freedom202010,177,521Optical fiber for light amplification having a core with low bend loss and end features with high bend loss and related method20199,664,869'Method and apparatus for implementing a rectangular-core laser beam-delivery fiber that provides two orthogonal transverse bending degrees of freedom'20179,535,211'Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams'20179,438,006'Compact Raman generators'20169,322,988'Barbell optical fiber and method of making the same'20169,293,888'Method and apparatus for high-power raman beam-combining in a multimode optical fiber'20169,246,303'Method and apparatus for temporally concentrating pump power to support generation of high peak-power pulse bursts or other time-varying laser output waveforms'20168,983,259'Multi-function beam delivery fibers and related system and method'20158,896,910'Compact raman generator with synchronized pulses'20148,705,918'Multi-sectional fiber laser system with mode selection'20148,675,694'Multi-media raman resonators and related system and method'20148,643,942'Compensation of thermally induced refractive index distortions in an optical gain medium or other optical element'20148,606,062'Apparatus and method for mode control in a semi-guiding amplifier medium'20138,594,476'Apparatus and method for mode control in a semi-guiding amplifier medium'20138,565,272'Method and apparatus for generation and amplification of light in a semi-guiding high aspect ratio core fiber'20138,515,220'Optical fiber coupler for coupling signal beams into a non-circularly shaped optical beam'20138,467,426'Method and apparatus for cooling a fiber laser or amplifier'20138,014,426'Optical device and method of controlling a refractive index profile in the optical device'20117,983,312'Method and apparatus for generation and amplification of light in a semi-guiding high aspect ratio core fiber'20117,978,943'Monolithic pump coupler for high-aspect ratio solid-state gain media'20117,860,360'Monolithic signal coupler for high-aspect ratio solid-state gain media'20106,834,146'Differential phase shift keyed demodulator system'20046,327,063'Reconfigurable laser communications terminal'20016,317,548'Temperature and optical length control of optical fibers and optical waveguide devices'20015,987,160'Method and apparatus for inspecting a photoresist material by inducing and detecting fluorescence of the photoresist material'19995,726,795'Compact phase-conjugate mirror utilizing four-wave mixing in a loop configuration'19985,568,309'System and method for amplification and wavefront compensation of depolarized optical beams'19965,483,342'Polarization rotator with frequency shifting phase conjugate mirror and simplified interferometric output coupler'19965,434,662'Speckle resistant method and apparatus with chirped laser beam'19955,353,150'Gain homogenization apparatus and method for use in stimulated scattering of beams with non-uniform spatial intensity distribution'19945,208,699'Compensated, SBS-free optical beam amplification and delivery apparatus and method'19934,880,295'Optical device enhancement method and apparatus by control of stimulated brillouin scattering gain'19894,853,528'Self-aligning phase conjugate laser'19894,812,639'Self-aligning phase conjugate laser'19894,757,268'Energy scalable laser amplifier'1988Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1988–1999Patents assigned to HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO (11)· patent assignee history
1988–1996Based in Santa Monica, CA, US· patent location history
1998–1999Based in Carmel, IN, US· patent location history
2001–2021Based in Culver City, CA, US· patent location history
2010–2021Patents assigned to RAYTHEON CO (23)· patent assignee history
2013–2017Patents assigned to ROCKWELL DAVID A (12)· patent assignee history
2013–2017Patents assigned to SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V (8)· patent assignee history
2013–2014Patents assigned to BETIN ALEXANDER A (2)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON CO | 23 | 2010–2021 |
| ROCKWELL DAVID Aself | 12 | 2013–2017 |
| HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO | 11 | 1988–1999 |
| SHKUNOV VLADIMIR V | 8 | 2013–2017 |
| BETIN ALEXANDER A | 2 | 2013–2014 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Culver City, California, US | 27 | 2001–2021 |
| Santa Monica, California, US | 9 | 1988–1996 |
| Carmel, IN, US | 2 | 1998–1999 |