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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Headway Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Yoshitaka Sasaki, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, CA (US);
Shigeki Tanemura, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hideo Mamiya, Milpitas, CA (US);
Seiichiro Tomita, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hironori Araki, Milpitas, CA (US);
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a main pole and a plasmon generator. The plasmon generator includes a first material portion and a second material portion formed of different materials. The first material portion is located away from the medium facing surface. The second material portion includes a near-field light generating surface. The main pole has a front end face including a first end face portion and a second end face portion. The near-field light generating surface, the first end face portion and the second end face portion are arranged in this order along the direction of travel of a recording medium.