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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Werner Scholz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kalman Pelhos, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dorothea Buechel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Julius Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);
Nils Jan Gokemeijer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Werner Scholz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kalman Pelhos, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dorothea Buechel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Julius Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);
Nils Jan Gokemeijer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a waveguide, an optical transducer for coupling electromagnetic radiation from the waveguide to a point adjacent to an air bearing surface to heat a portion of a storage medium, and a first wire positioned adjacent to the air bearing surface, wherein current in the wire produces a magnetic field in the heated portion of the storage medium.