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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Christopher Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
William Albert Challener, Glenville, NY (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 13/04 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 13/04 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/102 (2013.01); G11B 5/1278 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); Y10T 428/11 (2015.01);
Abstract
A near field transducer includes gold and at least one dopant. The dopant can include at least one of: Cu, Rh, Ru, Ag, Ta, Cr, Al, Zr, V, Pd, Ir, Co, W, Ti, Mg, Fe, or Mo. The dopant concentration may be in a range from 0.5% and 30%. The dopant can be a nanoparticle oxide of V, Zr, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, Si, Ce, Y, Ta, W, or Th, or a nitride of Ta, Al, Ti, Si, In, Fe, Zr, Cu, W or B.