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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Seiichi Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Shimazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Takanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Youichi Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Chimoto Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Shimazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Takanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Youichi Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Chimoto Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sae Magnetics (H.K) Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes: providing a light source unit including a laser diode; providing a slider having a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head section thereon, the thermally-assisted magnetic recording head section including a magnetic pole, an optical waveguide, and a plasmon generator, the magnetic pole and the optical waveguide both extending toward an air bearing surface, the plasmon generator being located between the magnetic pole and the optical waveguide; driving the laser diode to allow a light beam to be emitted therefrom, the light beam including both a TE polarization component and a TM polarization component; performing an alignment between the light source unit and the thermally-assisted magnetic recording head section, based on a light intensity distribution of the TE polarization component in the light beam which has been emitted from the laser diode and then passed through the optical waveguide; and bonding the light source unit to the slider after the alignment is completed.