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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Ota, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermally assisted magnetic recording head has a waveguide that propagates laser light as propagating light; a main pole that has a first end portion on an air bearing surface (ABS) facing a magnetic recording medium and that emits a magnetic flux to the magnetic recording medium; a metal layer that is positioned between the main pole and the waveguide, that extends from a second end portion positioned on the ABS in a height direction, that generates surface plasmons from the propagating light, and that generates near-field light (NF light) from the surface plasmons at the second end portion; and a dielectric body layer that is surrounded by the metal layer and that extends from a third end portion positioned on the ABS in a height direction.