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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Dorothea Buechel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dieter Klaus Weller, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Edward Charles Gage, Mars, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dorothea Buechel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dieter Klaus Weller, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Edward Charles Gage, Mars, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a slider having an air bearing surface, a first waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation to a focal point adjacent to the air bearing surface, a storage medium position adjacent to the air bearing surface, a detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation reflected from the storage medium, and a structure positioned adjacent to the focal point for collecting the reflected electromagnetic radiation and for transmitted the reflected electromagnetic radiation toward the detector.