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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ibro Tabakovic, Edina, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Venkatram Venkatasamy, Edina, MN (US);
Jie Gong, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a near field transducer positioned adjacent to an air bearing surface of the apparatus; a first magnetic pole; and a heat sink positioned between the first magnetic pole and the near field transducer, wherein the heat sink includes a first and second portion, with the first portion being adjacent the near field transducer and the second portion being adjacent the first magnetic pole, the first portion including a plasmonic material, and the second portion including a diffusion blocking material.