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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuhang Cheng, Edina, MN (US);
Nan Zhou, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Yongjun Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Huaqing Yin, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Weibin Chen, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A near-field transducer has an enlarged portion with a layer of soft plasmonic material. A peg is embedded in a lower part of the enlarged portion that faces a media-facing surface. The peg has an elongated outer part that extends from a lower edge of the enlarged portion towards the media-facing surface and an embedded part that is embedded within the enlarged portion. The embedded part could be any shape. The peg is formed of a thermally robust plasmonic material.