Abstract:
Waveguides that include a top cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n4; a core bilayer structure, the core bilayer structure including a lower index core layer having an index of refraction n3; and a higher index core layer having an index of refraction n1, wherein the higher index core layer includes TiO2 and one or more than one of Nb2O5, CeO2, Ta2O5, ZrO2, HfO2, Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2, wherein the lower index core layer is adjacent the higher index core layer; a bottom cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n2, wherein the waveguide is configured with the higher index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the top cladding layer and the lower index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the bottom cladding layer, and wherein n4 is less than n3 and n1, and n2 is less than n3 and n1.
Abstract translation:包括由具有折射率n4的材料制成的顶部覆层的波导; 核心双层结构,核心双层结构包括具有折射率n3的较低折射率核心层; 以及具有折射率n1的高折射率芯层,其中所述较高折射率芯层包括TiO 2和Nb 2 O 5,CeO 2,Ta 2 O 5,ZrO 2,HfO 2,Y 2 O 3,Sc 2 O 3,MgO,Al 2 O 3和SiO 2中的一种或多种,其中 较低指数核心层与较高指数核心层相邻; 由具有折射率n2的材料制成的底部包层,其中所述波导配置有与所述顶部包覆层相邻的所述芯层双层结构的较高折射率芯层和所述芯层双层结构的较低折射率核心层邻近所述底部 包层,其中n4小于n3和n1,n2小于n3和n1。
Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed related to heat assisted magnetic recording. According to one embodiment, an apparatus that includes a heat sink region and a near field transducer region is disclosed. The near field transducer region is thermally coupled to the heat sink region. At least one of the heat sink region and the near field transducer region includes both an inner core and an outer shell. The inner core can be comprised of a non-plasmonic material and the outer shell can be comprised of a plasmonic material. In further embodiments, the inner core is comprised of a material having a relatively higher electron-phonon coupling constant and the outer shell is comprised of a material having a relatively lower electron-phonon coupling constant.
Abstract:
A method including depositing a plasmonic material at a temperature of at least 150° C.; and forming at least a peg of a near field transducer (NFT) from the deposited plasmonic material.
Abstract:
A device that includes a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having an air bearing surface thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least the air bearing surface of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), yttrium (Y), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and scandium (Sc).
Abstract:
Waveguides that include a top cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n4; a core bilayer structure, the core bilayer structure including a lower index core layer having an index of refraction n3; and a higher index core layer having an index of refraction n1, wherein the higher index core layer includes TiO2 and one or more than one of Nb2O5, CeO2, Ta2O5, ZrO2, HfO2, Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2, wherein the lower index core layer is adjacent the higher index core layer; a bottom cladding layer made of a material having an index of refraction n2, wherein the waveguide is configured with the higher index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the top cladding layer and the lower index core layer of the core bilayer structure adjacent the bottom cladding layer, and wherein n4 is less than n3 and n1, and n2 is less than n3 and n1.
Abstract translation:包括由具有折射率n4的材料制成的顶部覆层的波导; 核心双层结构,核心双层结构包括具有折射率n3的较低折射率核心层; 以及具有折射率n1的高折射率芯层,其中所述较高折射率芯层包括TiO 2和Nb 2 O 5,CeO 2,Ta 2 O 5,ZrO 2,HfO 2,Y 2 O 3,Sc 2 O 3,MgO,Al 2 O 3和SiO 2中的一种或多种,其中 较低指数核心层与较高指数核心层相邻; 由具有折射率n2的材料制成的底部包层,其中,所述波导配置有与所述顶部包覆层相邻的所述芯层双层结构的较高折射率的核心层和与所述核心双层结构相邻的底部的下部折射率核心层 包层,其中n4小于n3和n1,n2小于n3和n1。
Abstract:
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having an air bearing surface; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on the air bearing surface of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of the following: tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), silicon (Si), nickel (Ni), tantalum (Ta), titanium (Ti), yttrium (Y), vanadium (V), magnesium (Mg), cobalt (Co), tin (Sn), niobium (Nb), hafnium (Hf), and combinations thereof; tantalum oxide, titanium oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, and combinations thereof; vanadium carbide (VC), tungsten carbide (WC), titanium carbide (TiC), chromium carbide (CrC), cobalt carbide (CoC), nickel carbide (NiC), yttrium carbide (YC), molybdenum carbide (MoC), and combinations thereof and titanium nitride (TiN), zirconium nitride (ZrN), hafnium nitride (HfN), and combinations thereof.
Abstract:
Near field transducers (NFTs) and devices that include a peg having an air bearing region and an opposing back region, the back region including a sacrificial structure, a disc having a first surface in contact with the peg, and a barrier structure, the barrier structure positioned between the opposing back region of the peg and the first surface of the disc.
Abstract:
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT including a peg having five exposed surfaces, the peg including a first material; an overlying structure; at least one intermixing layer, positioned between the peg and the overlying structure, the at least one intermixing layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the intermixing layer including at least the first material and a second material.
Abstract:
An apparatus including a near field transducer positioned adjacent to an air bearing surface, the near field transducer including an electrically conductive nitride; a first magnetic pole; and a heat sink, a diffusion barrier layer, or both positioned between the first magnetic pole and the near field transducer, wherein the heat sink, the diffusion barrier or both include rhodium (Rh) or an alloy thereof; ruthenium (Ru) or an alloy thereof titanium (Ti) or an alloy thereof tantalum (Ta) or an alloy thereof tungsten (W) or an alloy thereof borides; nitrides; transition metal oxides; or palladium (Pd) or an alloy thereof.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a near field transducer positioned adjacent to an air bearing surface of the apparatus; a first magnetic pole; and a heat sink positioned between the first magnetic pole and the near field transducer, wherein the heat sink includes a first and second portion, with the first portion being adjacent the near field transducer and the second portion being adjacent the first magnetic pole, the first portion including a plasmonic material, and the second portion including a diffusion blocking material.