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Laser diode having bowtie-ridge waveguide for heat-assisted magnetic recording, and related apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods

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Heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drive with a thermally processed top cover

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Ultrafast pulse assisted magnetic recording

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Wear leveling and grouping of drives based on position in chassis

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Energy-assisted recording head with C-shaped delivery waveguide core

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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a solid immersion mirror

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Magnetic recording head writer having an auxiliary magnetomotive force coil

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Head health monitor triggered data field integrity check

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Heterogeneous integration of active layers on a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider

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Speculative read regulation in hard disk drives having read reliability budgets

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Identifying heat assisted recording laser stability using ramped temperature calibration

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LATCH FOR ZERO/FIXED SKEW DATA STORAGE DEVICE

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Short on wafer laser for heat assisted magnetic recording

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HARD DISK DRIVES WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASONIC MOTOR

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Chamfer formation on data storage disc substrates

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Methods of forming an adhesive layer, and related adhesive films and methods and systems of using adhesive films

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MIGRATION OF DATA IN RESPONSE TO WRITE-FAILURE OF DISK DRIVE HEAD

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MEDIA DESIGN AND WRITE TECHNIQUE FOR CREATING NEUTRAL POLARITY TRANSITION ZONES

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DETECTION OF RANSOMWARE ATTACK AT OBJECT STORE

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MULTIPLE HEATSINK ARCHITECTURE FOR HAMR MEDIA

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Dual layer graded curie temperature HAMR media

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HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING WRITER HAVING A NOTCHED WRITE POLE

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Magnetic recording head with a piezoelectric actuator for controlling head-media spacing

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HAMR read-write head with coupler and waveguide

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HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING A MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A ROTATIONAL BALANCING SPRING PIN

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Single-grain near-field transducer and process for forming same

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Radiation-resistant data storage device

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FIBER BASED OPTICAL MEDIA

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MOVABLE MAGNETIC PARTICLE MEMORY DEVICE

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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with an integrated photodiode

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SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING A GASEOUS OXIDIZING AGENT IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES

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High performance decoder

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SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING BIOMATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE

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INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF FERROELECTRIC MEMORY IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE

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SECURITY-ENHANCED DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS

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