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US6243350B1Jun 5, 2001
Optical storage systems with flying optical heads for near-field recording and reading
TERASTOR CORP167 citations97
US6111840AAug 29, 2000
Reducing phase distortion in a near-field optical data storage system
TERASTOR CORP42 citations95
US6069853AMay 30, 2000
Head including a heating element for reducing signal distortion in data storage systems
TERASTOR CORP83 citations95
US5881042AMar 9, 1999
Flying head with solid immersion lens partially mounted on a slider
TERASTOR CORP75 citations95
US6449221B1Sep 10, 2002
Storage media for optical storage systems
TERASTOR CORP51 citations94
US6270696B1Aug 7, 2001
Method of fabricating and integrating an optical assembly into a flying head
TERASTOR CORP65 citations94
US6776176B1Aug 17, 2004
Applications of acoustic waves in data storage devices
TERASTOR CORP21 citations93
US5828482AOct 27, 1998
Apparatus and method for directing a beam of light to a surface of an optical disk
TERASTOR CORP34 citations93
US6577575B2Jun 10, 2003
Head cleaning in Optical disk drives
TERASTOR CORP20 citations92
US6507540B1Jan 14, 2003
Hybrid optical head for data storage
TERASTOR CORP31 citations92
US6407884B1Jun 18, 2002
Optical head with solid immersion lens and varying cross section coil
TERASTOR CORP17 citations92
US6307832B1Oct 23, 2001
Optical storage system with head cleaning mechanism based on a position-controllable optical interfacing surface in an optical head
TERASTOR CORP39 citations92
US6130864AOct 10, 2000
Method and apparatus for generating magnetic field for magneto-optic recording system
TERASTOR CORP25 citations92
US6061322AMay 9, 2000
Optical storage system having optical head with a solid immersion lens and operating on media with at least two recording layers
TERASTOR CORP28 citations92
US6055222AApr 25, 2000
Near field optical head having a solid immersion lens that is fixed relative to an objective lens
TERASTOR CORP28 citations92
US6009064ADec 28, 1999
Optical head having dielectric transition layer in near-field optical storage system
TERASTOR CORP41 citations92
US5963532AOct 5, 1999
Polarization rotation and phase compensation in near-field electro-optical system
TERASTOR CORP31 citations92
US5936928AAug 10, 1999
Multilayer media and use with flying head having solid immersion lens
TERASTOR CORP29 citations92
US5793584AAug 11, 1998
Device and method for electrostatically cleaning a disk mounted in a removable cartridge
TERASTOR CORP19 citations92
US6724694B2Apr 20, 2004
Disk mastering based on near-field optical systems
TERASTOR CORP24 citations91
US6396783B1May 28, 2002
Mechanism for controlling spacing between optical head and storage medium in optical storage systems
TERASTOR CORP20 citations91
US6496468B2Dec 17, 2002
Beam focusing in near-field optical recording and reading
TERASTOR CORP15 citations84
USD425876SMay 30, 2000
Data storage disk cartridge
TERASTOR CORP16 citations83
US6544716B1Apr 8, 2003
Multilayer optical medium for near-field optical recording and reading
TERASTOR CORP16 citations82
US6545969B1Apr 8, 2003
Monolithic optical head
TERASTOR CORP13 citations81
US6487148B1Nov 26, 2002
Edge detection for servo signals in optical storage system
TERASTOR CORP7 citations74
US6657926B2Dec 2, 2003
Magnetic field modulation coil
TERASTOR CORP11 citations73
US7102992B1Sep 5, 2006
Contact optical head for data storage
TERASTOR CORP7 citations72
US6624978B1Sep 23, 2003
Technique for loading and unloading a read/write head by implementing a ramp motion mechanism in a disk drive
TERASTOR CORP7 citations72
US6515959B1Feb 4, 2003
Ramp motion mechanism
TERASTOR CORP9 citations72
US6229440B1May 8, 2001
Cartridge drive door system
TERASTOR CORP6 citations72
US6603713B1Aug 5, 2003
Optical disk drives with thermomagnetic writing and magnetoresistive reading
TERASTOR CORP10 citations71
US6483801B1Nov 19, 2002
Optical storage devices without mass transfer and spots
TERASTOR CORP3 citations63
US6608808B1Aug 19, 2003
Pseudo telecentric optical storage system
TERASTOR CORP4 citations62
US6580675B1Jun 17, 2003
Laser driver for an optical recording system
TERASTOR CORP3 citations62
US6420692B1Jul 16, 2002
Zig-zag-patterned position sensor system
TERASTOR CORP5 citations62
US6466399B1Oct 15, 2002
Cartridge latch and release system
TERASTOR CORP2 citations61
US6826928B2Dec 7, 2004
Methods for positioning and bonding elements in substrates
TERASTOR CORP4 citations60
US6462349B1Oct 8, 2002
Measuring spacing between two surfaces via evanescent coupling
TERASTOR CORP3 citations60
US6357098B1Mar 19, 2002
Methods and devices for positioning and bonding elements to substrates
TERASTOR CORP3 citations60
US6522617B1Feb 18, 2003
Optical head with monolithic layer for optical storage
TERASTOR CORP6 citations58
US6587427B1Jul 1, 2003
Magneto-optical recording medium
TERASTOR CORP2 citations54
US6560192B1May 6, 2003
Method and apparatus for dampening disk vibrations
TERASTOR CORP4 citations53
US6827802B2Dec 7, 2004
Optical recording head having a solid immersion lens
TERASTOR CORP0 citations51
US6292459B1Sep 18, 2001
Reduction of electrostatic charge build-up in storage medium
TERASTOR CORP0 citations47
US6504805B1Jan 7, 2003
Track identification generation for optical disk
TERASTOR CORP1 citations33
US6583951B1Jun 24, 2003
Shuttle motion mechanism
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