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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sethuraman Jayashankar, Excelsior, MN (US);
Hui Brickner, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 13/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3163 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including the steps of depositing a plasmonic material; depositing an encapsulant material on at least a portion of the plasmonic material; and implanting ions into at least a portion of the plasmonic material through the encapsulant material.