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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jie Zou, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
William Albert Challener, Glenville, NY (US);
Mark Henry Ostrowski, Lakeville, MN (US);
Venkateswara Rao Inturi, Shakopee, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Christopher Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a near field transducer positioned adjacent to an air bearing surface, the near field transducer including an electrically conductive nitride; a first magnetic pole; and a heat sink, a diffusion barrier layer, or both positioned between the first magnetic pole and the near field transducer, wherein the heat sink, the diffusion barrier or both include rhodium (Rh) or an alloy thereof; ruthenium (Ru) or an alloy thereof titanium (Ti) or an alloy thereof tantalum (Ta) or an alloy thereof tungsten (W) or an alloy thereof borides; nitrides; transition metal oxides; or palladium (Pd) or an alloy thereof.