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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lina Cao, Bloomington, MN (US);
Chubing Peng, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Werner Scholz, Camberwell, AU;
Pierre Asselin, Richfield, MN (US);
Tae-Woo Lee, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus has an input surface configured to receive energy emitted from an energy source in a first mode. A mode order converter is configured to convert the energy from the first mode to a second mode. The waveguide of the apparatus has an input end disposed proximate the input surface and configured to receive the energy in the first mode. The waveguide has an output end disposed proximate a media-facing surface and configured to deliver energy in the second mode. The output end is at an oblique angle to a cross-track line at an intersection of the media-facing surface and a substrate-parallel plane.