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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Xuhui Jin, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Smyth, Aptos, CA (US);
Moris Dovek, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Headway Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for implementing thermally assisted magnetic recording, using a TE mode laser diode, and method for using it, are described. This device is shaped internally so as to provide three-dimensional self-focusing of plasmon radiation, thereby improving the coupling efficiency between the optical wave-guide and the plasmon generator as a result of ensuring a large overlap between these two modes.