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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Venkateswara Rao Inturi, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 13/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3133 (2013.01); C23C 14/086 (2013.01); C23C 14/3414 (2013.01); G11B 13/08 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head. The HAMR head includes one or more features comprising a nanoparticle-reinforced plasmonic matrix. The nanoparticle-reinforced plasmonic matrix comprises a plasmonic metal and a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed in the plasmonic metal. The nanoparticles comprise a transparent conductive oxide.