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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupenino, CA (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Justin Brons, Savage, MN (US);
Steven C. Riemer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Xiaoyue Huang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Sarbeswar Sahoo, Shakopee, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT) including a crystalline plasmonic material having crystal grains and grain boundaries; and nanoparticles disposed in the crystal grains, on the grain boundaries, or some combination thereof, wherein the nanoparticles are oxides of, lanthanum (La), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), erbium (Er), hafnium (Hf), germanium (Ge), or combinations thereof; nitrides of zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof; or carbides of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof.