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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Hamid Balamane, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Thomas Dudley Boone, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Barry Cushing Stipe, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Carl Strand, San Jose, CA (US);
Hamid Balamane, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Thomas Dudley Boone, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Barry Cushing Stipe, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Carl Strand, San Jose, CA (US);
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a near field transducer comprising a conductive metal film; and an optical waveguide for illumination of the near field transducer, a light guiding core layer of the optical waveguide being spaced from the near field transducer by less than about 100 nanometers and greater than 0 nanometers, wherein a longitudinal axis of the optical waveguide is substantially perpendicular to an air bearing surface.