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Preparation of Papers for IEEE ACCESS
FIRST A. AUTHOR
1
, (Fellow, IEEE), SECOND B. AUTHOR
2
, AND THIRD C. AUTHOR, JR.
3
,
(Member, IEEE)
1
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305 USA (e-mail: author@boulder.nist.gov)
2
Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar.colostate.edu)
3
Electrical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
Corresponding author: First A. Author (e-mail: author@ boulder.nist.gov).
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