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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xuan Zheng, Savage, MN (US);
Walter R. Eppler, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Julius K. Hohlfeld, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Heidi M. Olson, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 7/1267 (2012.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/1267 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises writing a waveform on a magnetic recording medium using a heat-assisted magnetic recording apparatus which includes a laser. The method also comprises reading back the waveform from the medium, and detecting one or more transition shifts in the readback waveform indicative of a mode hop of the laser. The method further comprises measuring a metric of the one or more transition shifts.