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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amit Vasant Itagi, Hugo, MN (US);
Pierre Asselin, Richfield, MN (US);
Frank Edgar Stageberg, Edina, MN (US);
Werner Scholz, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4866 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems that include an energy source configured to provide transverse electric (TE) mode energy; a channel waveguide configured to receive energy from the energy source, the channel waveguide having at least one mirror plane; and a near field transducer (NFT) configured to receive energy from the channel waveguide, the NFT having at least one mirror plane.