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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ruoxi Yang, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
James Gary Wessel, Savage, MN (US);
Rachel Frakie, Bloomington, MN (US);
Chubing Peng, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Werner Scholz, Camberwell, AU;
Chris Rea, Edina, MN (US);
Zoran Jandric, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Mourad Benakli, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tae-Woo Lee, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is includes a near field transducer positioned adjacent a media-facing surface and at the end of a waveguide having at least one core layer and a cladding layer. The apparatus also includes at least one optical reflector positioned adjacent opposing cross-track edges of the near field transducer and/or adjacent a down-track side of the near-field transducer.