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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Anthony Gubbins, Donegal, IE;
Peter Kevin McGeehin, Donegal, IE;
Marcus Benedict Mooney, Donegal, IE;
Michael James Hardy, Maghera, GB;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3109 (2013.01); G11B 5/3163 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT) the NFT includes a bulk of at least one plasmonic material and at least one sacrificial metal; and a surface layer that includes an oxide of the at least one sacrificial metal.