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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sarbeswar Sahoo, Shakopee, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Xiaoyue Huang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/313 (2013.01); G11B 5/1278 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a peg and a disc and the peg including peg material and at least one associated amorphous blocker layer, wherein the amorphous blocker layer includes an amorphous metal alloy and the amorphous blocker layer is within the peg material, on one or more surfaces of the peg material, or both.