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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Edward Charles Gage, Mars, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mary Cynthia Hipwell, Edina, MN (US);
David Allen Sluzewski, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xuhui Jin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Yiao-tee Hsia, Sewickley, PA (US);
Edward Charles Gage, Mars, PA (US);
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mary Cynthia Hipwell, Edina, MN (US);
David Allen Sluzewski, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xuhui Jin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Yiao-Tee Hsia, Sewickley, PA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a slider mounted on an arm, a first waveguide including a first core guiding layer, a second waveguide mounted on the slider and including a second core guiding layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first core guiding layer, and a coupler for coupling light from the first core guiding layer to the second core guiding layer.