Lots Technology, Inc.

Imation Corporation

Mahdad Manavi

William S Oakley

Qi-Ze Shu

A Joel Mannion

A rotatable optical wedge rotatable between a first position and a second position in an optical recording system directs a light beam to a position on a recording medium. The position of the incident light beam is adjustable by moving the optical wedge to different positions, including the first and second positions.

Apparatuses and methods for directing light beams in an optical recording system

Micro fabricated arrays of optical modulators of both a surface electrode and machined mesa nature where the small structure size and low capacitance electrical connections permit each modulator element to be individually electrically addressed thus providing modulator optical rise and fall response times in the low and sub nanosecond range. Both sparsely spaced and closely packed arrays are achieved.

Fast response micro-modulator arrays

A read-after-write system for optical recording systems includes a mirror used to direct read beams to a desired position on a recording medium relative to write beams impinging on the recording medium. The mirror may be adjustable to direct the read beams through a range of possible positions.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Mahdad Manavi