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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1993
Yoshitaka Ochiai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiro Nagaki, Miyagi, JP;
Shunichi Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic head comprising a magnetic path and a vertically magnetizable film. The magnetic path contains a first gap facing a magnetic recording medium and a second gap. The vertically magnetizable film is formed across the second gap on the principal plane or outer circumference of the magnetic path. A linearly polarized light beam is irradiated onto the vertically magnetizable film and the resulting reversal of magnetization in the vertically magnetizable film is detected through the use of a polar Kerr effect. This scheme allows data to be reproduced with sufficient sensitivity from tracks of very small widths.