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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Sung-dong Suh, Seoul, KR;
Eun-hyoung Cho, Seoul, KR;
Jin-seung Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jei Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-dong Suh, Seoul, KR;
Eun-hyoung Cho, Seoul, KR;
Jin-seung Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jei Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A heat-assisted magnetic recording head and a recording apparatus including the same are provided. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a recording portion which produces magnetic field for recording information to a magnetic recording medium, and a waveguide which transmits light therethrough disposed to be adjacent to the recording portion and which emits the light toward the magnetic recording medium, wherein the waveguide comprises a light incident surface; a tapered portion having progressively narrower sections along the transmission direction of the light incident on the light incident surface and entering the waveguide; and a light-emitting surface which emits the light after the light is transmitted through the tapered portion.