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Recorded: 2016-05-16 Pages: 80
Assignor
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
Executed: 2016-05-12
Assignee
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
633 WEST FIFTH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, GLOBAL CORPORATE TRUST SERVICES, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90071
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Magnetic Recording Transducer
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Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Write Head
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Multiple Sensor Array Usable in Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording
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Electrical Connection Arrangement for a Multiple Sensor Array Usable in Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording
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Ultra-Short Yoke Length Writer
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Test Structures for Measuring Near Field Transducer Disc Length
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Writer Having a Gradient Side Gap
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Writer Using Multiple Etches
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Electrical Lapping Guide for Dimensional Control of Back Side of Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Device
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Slider Having Shock and Particle Resistance
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Write Pole Having a Leading Edge Bevel
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Systems and Methods for Controlling Soft Bias Thickness for Tunnel Magnetoresistance Readers
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Detecting Thickness Variation and Quantitative Depth Utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy with a Surface Profiler
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System and Method for Providing a Protective Layer Having a Graded Intermediate Layer
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Pre-Amplifier Cartridge for Test Equipment of Head Gimbal Assembly
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Bonding Tool and Method for High Accuracy Chip-to-Chip Bonding
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Slider Assembly and Method of Manufacturing Same
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Method and System for Providing a Read Transducer Having Improved Pinning of the Pinned Layer at Higher Recording Densities
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Apparatuses and Methods for Providing Thin Shields in a Multiple Sensor Array
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Method for Providing a Storage Device
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Method for Providing a Near-Field Transducer (Nft) for a Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (Hamr) Device
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Magnetic Writer Having a Dual Side Gap
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Writer Having Half Shields
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Apparatus and Method Having Tdmr Reader to Reader Shunts
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Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Head Having a Plurality of Diffusion Barrier Layers
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Interfering Near Field Transducer for Energy Assisted Magnetic Recording
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Method to Fabricate a Magnetic Head Including Ion Milling of Read Gap Using Dual Layer Hard Mask
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Magnetoresistive Sensor for a Magnetic Storage System Read Head, and Fabrication Method Thereof
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Slider Back Side Etching to Increase Shear Strength Between Suspension and Slider
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System and Method for Magnetic Transducers Having Multiple Sensors and Afc Shields
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Dual Free Layer Magnetic Reader Having a Rear Bias Structure Including a Soft Bias Layer
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Flat Nft for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
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Dual Free Layer Magnetic Reader Having a Rear Bias Structure Having a High Aspect Ratio
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Data Storage Device Employing Mirrored Cross-Track Profiles for Top and Bottom Disk Surfaces
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Shingle Magnetic Writer Having a Low Sidewall Angle Pole
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Tunnel Magnetoresistance Read Head with Narrow Shield-to-Shield Spacing
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Magnetic Reader Having a Crystal Decoupling Structure
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Recording Device Having a High Aspect Ratio Structure
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Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Writer Having Integrated Polarization Rotation Waveguides
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Magnetic Reader Having a Nonmagnetic Insertion Layer for the Pinning Layer
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Method for Fabricating a Magnetic Write Pole Having an Improved Sidewall Angle Profile
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Heated Afm Layer Deposition and Cooling Process for Tmr Magnetic Recording Sensor with High Pinning Field
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Micrometer Scale Components
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Differential Dual Free Layer Magnetic Reader
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Magnetic Head Having a Reader Overcoat with Dlc and a Recessed Writer Overcoat Without Dlc
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Systems and Methods for Forming Mems Assemblies Incorporating Getters
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Magnetic Read Apparatus Having an Improved Read Sensor Isolation Circuit
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Magnetic Recording Write Apparatus Having a Stepped Conformal Trailing Shield
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Short Yoke Length Writer Having Assist Coils
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Method and System for Detecting Hotspots for Photolithographically-Defined Devices
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Read/Write Head with Shifted Waveguide
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Disk Drive Pivot Bearing and Actuator Arm Assembly
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Interconnect Adapter and Head Suspension Assembly
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Shorting Bar and Test Clip for Protecting Magnetic Heads from Damage Caused by Electrostatic Discharge During Manufacture
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Inductive Write Head Formed with Flat Yoke and Merged with Magnetoresistive Read Transducer
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Thin Film Pedestal Pole Tips Write Head Having Narrower Lower Pedestal Pole Tip
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Wafer Processing Techniques for Near Field Magneto-Optical Head
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Magnetic Head with Aligned Pole Tips and Pole Layers Formed of High Magnetic Moment Material
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Head Gimbal Assembly with Low Stiffness Flex Circuit and Esd Protection
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Near Field Magneto-Optical Head Made Using Wafer Processing Techniques
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Slider and Electro-Magnetic Coil Assembly
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Current Perpendicular to Plane Magnetoresistive Device with Low Resistance Lead
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Air Bearing Slider
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Magnetoresistive Sensor with Pinned Sal
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Air Bearing Slider with Reduced Stiction
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Magnetic Head Suspension Assembly Including an Intermediate Flexible Member That Supports an Air Bearing Slider with a Magnetic Transducer for Testing
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Head Suspension Having Gram Load Change Reduction and Method of Assembly
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Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Structure for Use in a Spin-Valve Device and Method of Fabrication
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Method Of Fabricating An Improved Thin Film Device Having A Small Element With Well Defined Corners
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Magnetic Write Head and Method for Making Same
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Read/Write Head with a Limited Range of Motion Relative to a Load Beam
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High Numerical Aperture Optical Focusing Device for Use in Data Storage Systems
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Spin Valve Sensor with Antiferromagnetic and Magnetostatically Coupled Pinning Structure
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Bias Layers Which Are Formed on Underlayers Promoting in-Plane Alignment of the C-Axis of Cobalt Used in Magentoresistive Transducers
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Apparatus and Method of Device Stripe Height Control
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Thin Film Mr Head and Method of Making Wherein Pole Trim Takes Place at the Wafer Level
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Mr Sensor with Blunt Contiguous Junction and Slow-Milling-Rate Read Gap
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Cpp Magnetoresistive Device with Reduced Edge Effect and Method for Making Same
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System for Biasing a Synthetic Free Layer in a Magnetoresistance Sensor
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High Na Solid Catadioptric Focusing Device Having a Flat Kinoform Phase Profile
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Apparatus and Method for Adhesive Bridge Suspension Attachment
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Bottom or Dual Spin Valve Having a Seed Layer That Results in an Improved Antiferromagnetic Layer
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High Gram Load Air Bearing GE0METRY for a Tripad Slider
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High Numerical Aperture Optical Focusing Device for Use in Data Storage Systems
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Head suspension having gram load change reduction and mehtod of assembly
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Thin Film Write Head with Improved Laminated Flux Carrying Structure and Method of Fabrication
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Durable Landing Pads for an Air-Bearing Slider
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Method for assembling and electrical testing of a magnetic head
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Head Gimbal Assembly with a Flexible Printed Circuit Having a Serpentine Substrate
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Magnetic Head with a Toroidal Coil
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Tapered Stitch Pole Writer for High Density Magnetic Recording
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High Moment and High Permeability Transducer Structures and Formation
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Thin Film Magnetic Write Head Having an Ultra-Low Stack Height and Method of Manufacturing Same
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Piezoelectric Vibration Damping for Disk Drives
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Disk Drive Actuator Arm with Microactuated Read/Write Head Positioning
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Advance Pole Trim Writer with Moment P1 and Low Apex Angle
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Current Pinned Dual Spin Valve with Synthetic Pinned Layers
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Method and Apparatus for Providing Spin-Dependent Tunneling Effect in Read Heads
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Magnetoresistive Read Sensor Including a Carbon Barrier Layer and Mehtod for Making Same
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Low Resistance Coil Structure for High Speed Writer
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Magnetic Read/Write Device with Insulated Coil Layer Recessed into Pole
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Spin Valve Device with Improved Thermal Stability
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Hard biased current perpendicular to the plane sensor magnetoresistive sensor having
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Thin Film Write Head for Improved High Speed and High Density Recording
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Air Bearing Facilitating Load/Unload of a Magnetic Read/Write Head
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Write Head Having a Dry-Etchable Antireflective Intermediate Layer
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Collocated Rotating Flexure Microactuator for Dual-Stage Servo in Disk Drives
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High Numerical Aperture Optical Focusing Device Having a Conical Incident Facet and a Parabolic Reflector for Use in Data Storage Systems
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Read/Write Head with a Gimbal Ball Assembly
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Hybrid Dual Spin Valve Sensor and Method for Making Same
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Magnetic Write Element Having a Thermally Dissipative Structure
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Laser Mounting for a Thermally Assisted Gmr Head
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Ultra Small Advanced Write Transducer and Method for Making Same
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Magnetoresistive Head Stabilized Structure and Method of Fabrication Thereof
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Dual, Synthetic Spin Valve Sensor Using Current Pinning
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Spin-Dependent Tunneling Sensor Suitable for a Magnetic Memory
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Disk Drive Actuator Arm with Microactuated Read/Write Head Positioning
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Thin Film Read Head Structure with Improved Bias Magnet-to-Magnetoresistive Element Interface and Method of Fabrication
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Method and System for Providing Electrostatic Discharge Protection for Flex-on Suspension, Trace-Suspension Assembly, or Cable-on Suspension
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Spin Valve Magnetoresistive Sensor for High Temperature Environment Using Iridium Manganese
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Laminated Carbon-Containing Overcoats for Information Storage System Transducers
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Structure and Method for Redeposition Free Thin Film Cpp Read Sensor Fabrication
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Airflow Assisted Ramp Loading and Unloading of Sliders in Hard Disk Drives
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Air Bearing Slider
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Method and System for Providing Edge-Junction Tmr for High Areal Density Magnetic Recording
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Thin Film Write Head with Interlaced Coil Winding and Method of Fabrication
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Compact Mr Write Structure
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Magnetic Read/Write Device with Insulated Coil Layer Recessed into Pole
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Method and System for Providing a Magnetoresistive Head Having Higher Efficiency
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Spin Valve Device with Improved Exchange Layer Defined Track Width and Method of Fabrication
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Method for Manufacturing a Gmr Spin Valve Having a Smooth Interface Between Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Layers
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High Density Multi-Coil Magnetic Write Head Having a Reduced Yoke Length and Short Flux Rise Time
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Trin Film Magnetic Head with Self-Aligned Pole Tips
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Thin Film Read Head Structure with Improved Bias Magnet-to-Magnetoresistive Element Interface and Method of Fabrication
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Thin Film Write Head with Improved Yoke to Pole Stitch
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Magnetic Write Head Having a Splitcoil Structure
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Data Storage and Retrieval Apparatus with Thin Film Read Head Having Planarized Extra Gap and Shield Layers and Method of Fabrication Thereof
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Disk Drive Actuator Arm with Microactuated Read/Write Head Positioning
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Vertical Giant Magnetoresistance Sensor Utilizing an Insulating Bias Layer
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High Sensitivity Common Source Amplifier Mram Cell, Memory Array and Read/Write Scheme
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Active Reflection and Anti-Reflection Optical Switch
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