Thus, in an attempt to overcome limitations of known prior art devices, it is an object of {TAIL ~ this invention} to provide {HEAD ~ a new N×N optical switch} 
Thus , in an attempt to overcome limitations of known prior art devices , it is an object of { TAIL ~ this invention } to provide { HEAD ~ a new N×N optical switch }
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