公开(公告)号：US08369203B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US12659095

申请日：2010-02-25

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka

IPC分类号： G11B7/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/1226 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/1228 ,  G11B5/314 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： An optical waveguide of the present invention is an optical waveguide in order to directly introduce light beams emitted from a light emitting element. In a core that is a waveguide through which light propagates, a concave part is formed that is a depression in a light incident end surface that is one side where light enters. Therefore, an optical waveguide is realized that can obtain a large optical coupling efficiency is possible by the operation of phase alignment in the concave part.

摘要翻译： 本发明的光波导是光波导，用于直接引入从发光元件发射的光束。 在作为光传播的波导的芯中，形成作为光入射的一侧的光入射端面的凹部的凹部。 因此，通过在凹部中的相位对准的操作，可以获得可以获得大的光耦合效率的光波导。

公开(公告)号：US08335052B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-18

申请号：US12237767

申请日：2008-09-25

申请人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Yasuhiro Ito ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Yasuhiro Ito ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B5/127

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/4866 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A plasmon antenna of the present invention is used in a thermally assisted magnetic head that includes: a medium-facing surface set, parallel to an XY plane; a magnetic pole for writing, extending toward the medium-facing surface, and a plasmon antenna comprising a pair of small metal bodies irradiated with excitation light for near-field light generation propagating in a Z-axis direction. Respective corners of the small metal bodies are spaced apart opposite each other along a TE mode direction of the excitation light. A distance between the corners gives the shortest distance between the small metal bodies, and a distance from each corner to the leading end of the magnetic pole gives a shortest distance from the small metal bodies to the leading end.

摘要翻译： 本发明的等离子体天线用于热辅助磁头，其包括：平行于XY平面的面向中间的表面组; 用于写入的磁极，朝向介质中的表面延伸;以及等离子体激元，其包括用激励光照射的一对小的金属体，用于沿Z轴方向传播的近场光产生。 小金属体的各个角部沿着激发光的TE模式方向相互间隔开。 拐角之间的距离给出了小金属体之间的最短距离，从磁极的每个拐角到前端的距离从小金属体到前端都具有最短的距离。

公开(公告)号：US08315129B1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-20

申请号：US13297375

申请日：2011-11-16

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Kosuke Tanaka

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Kosuke Tanaka

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head that allows even steeper magnetization reversal between adjacent magnetic domains of a magnetic recording medium and that satisfies the demands of high SN ratio and high recording density is provided. A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a pole that generates a writing magnetic field, a waveguide through which light for exciting surface plasmon propagates, and a plasmon generator that generates near-field light. The waveguide is arranged on a back side of the pole, the plasmon generator has a plane part and a projection part that is projected from the plane part to the waveguide side and that opposes the pole and the waveguide with a predetermined gap, and a projection part opposing surface that opposes the projection part in the pole is configured so as to be distant from the projection part as approaching toward the back side.

摘要翻译： 提供一种热辅助磁记录头，其允许在磁记录介质的相邻磁畴之间更加陡峭的磁化反转，并且满足高SN比和高记录密度的要求。 热辅助磁记录头包括产生书写磁场的磁极，用于激发表面等离子体激元传播的光的波导和产生近场光的等离子体发生器。 波导布置在极的背侧，等离子体发生器具有从平面部分到波导侧突出并且以预定间隙与极和波导相对的平面部分和突出部分，以及突出部 与杆的突出部抵接的部分对置面被配置为当朝向后侧接近时远离突出部。

公开(公告)号：US08089831B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US12710129

申请日：2010-02-22

申请人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Daisuke Miyauchi

发明人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Daisuke Miyauchi

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A plasmon generator has an outer surface including a surface plasmon exciting surface, and has a near-field light generating part located in a medium facing surface. The surface plasmon exciting surface is a flat surface that faces an evanescent light generating surface of a waveguide with a predetermined distance therebetween. The surface plasmon exciting surface includes a width changing portion. The width of the width changing portion in a direction parallel to the medium facing surface and the evanescent light generating surface decreases with decreasing distance to the medium facing surface. A magnetic pole is located at such a position that the plasmon generator is interposed between the magnetic pole and the waveguide. The outer surface of the plasmon generator includes a pole contact surface that is in contact with the magnetic pole.

摘要翻译： 等离子体发生器具有包括表面等离子体激元表面的外表面，并且具有位于介质面对表面中的近场光产生部。 表面等离子体激元表面是面对波导的ev逝光产生表面的平坦表面，其间具有预定的距离。 表面等离子体激元表面包括宽度改变部分。 宽度改变部分在与面向介质的表面和ev逝光产生表面平行的方向上的宽度随着与面向介质的表面的距离的减小而减小。 磁极位于这样的位置，等离子体发生器插入在磁极和波导之间。 等离子体发生器的外表面包括与磁极接触的极接触表面。

公开(公告)号：US08077556B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-13

申请号：US12034401

申请日：2008-02-20

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka

IPC分类号： G11B11/24

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A thermally assisted magnetic head has a medium-facing surface facing a magnetic recording medium; a near-field light generator disposed on a light exit face in the medium-facing surface; a magnetic recording element located adjacent to the near-field light generator; and a light emitting element disposed so that emitted light thereof reaches the near-field light generator; the near-field light generator is comprised of a cusp portion and a base portion; when λin represents a wavelength of the emitted light from the light emitting element immediately before the emitted light reaches the near-field light generator, an intensity of near-field light generated when the material forming the cusp portion is irradiated with the light of the wavelength λin is stronger than an intensity of near-field light generated when the material forming the base portion is irradiated with the light of the wavelength λin.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁头具有面向磁记录介质的中等面向表面; 近场光发生器，其布置在所述介质面向表面中的光出射面上; 与所述近场光发生器相邻的磁记录元件; 以及发光元件，其发射光到达近场光发生器; 近场光发生器由尖部和基部构成; 当λin表示在发射光到达近场光发生器之前来自发光元件的发射光的波长时，当形成尖端部分的材料被波长的光照射时产生的近场光的强度 当用波长λin的光照射形成基部的材料时，λin比产生的近场光的强度强。

公开(公告)号：US07835102B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-16

申请号：US12239141

申请日：2008-09-26

申请人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B5/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B7/122 ,  G11B7/1387 ,  G11B11/10536 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： Provided is a plasmon antenna in which a near-field light having a sufficient intensity is generated only in a desired location. The plasmon antenna comprises an end surface on a side where a near-field light is generated; the end surface is flat and has a shape with at least three vertexes or rounded corners; and an end surface of the plasmon antenna which is opposite to the flat end surface and receives light, is inclined with respect to the flat end surface so as to become closer to the flat end surface toward one of the at least three vertexes or rounded corners. When the light-receiving end surface of the plasmon antenna is irradiated with the light, a near-field light having a sufficient intensity can be generated at only the vertex or rounded corner toward which the entire plasmon antenna becomes thinner.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种等离子体激元天线，其中仅在期望的位置产生具有足够强度的近场光。 等离子体激元天线包括在产生近场光的一侧上的端面; 端面平坦，具有至少三个顶点或圆角的形状; 以及等离子体激元天线的与平坦端面相对并且接收光的端面相对于平坦端面倾斜，以朝向至少三个顶点或圆角中的一个更接近平坦端面 。 当等离子体激元的光接收端面用光照射时，只能在整个等离子体天线变薄的顶点或圆角处产生具有足够强度的近场光。

公开(公告)号：US08427927B1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-23

申请号：US13370982

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Shinji Hara ,  Eiji Komura ,  Ryo Hosoi

发明人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Shinji Hara ,  Eiji Komura ,  Ryo Hosoi

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/3163 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： The thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole; a waveguide allowing a transverse-electric (TE) wave oscillating in a cross-track direction to propagate toward an air bearing surface; and a plasmon generator having a tip portion near the air bearing surface, the tip portion being provided to overlap, in a down-track direction, with both the magnetic pole and the waveguide, and having a quadrangular cross-section substantially parallel to the air bearing surface.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁记录头包括：磁极; 允许在横向轨道方向上振荡的横向电（TE）波向空气轴承表面传播的波导; 以及等离子体发生器，其具有靠近所述空气支承表面的尖端部分，所述尖端部分被设置为沿着磁道和所述波导两者的向下轨道方向重叠，并且具有基本上平行于所述空气的四边形横截面 承载面。

公开(公告)号：US08325568B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US12848422

申请日：2010-08-02

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： Provided is a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head with improved light density of near-field light (NF-light) with which a medium is irradiated. The head comprises: a magnetic pole; a waveguide for propagating light for exciting surface plasmon; a surface plasmon generator provided between the magnetic pole and the waveguide, coupled with the light in a surface plasmon mode, and emitting NF-light; and a clad portion provided at least between the waveguide and the surface plasmon generator and comprising a transition region in which a refractive index decreases along a direction from the waveguide toward the magnetic pole. The provision of the clad portion including the transition region enables improvement of the light density of NF-light due to the convergence of surface plasmon excited in the surface plasmon generator to predetermined locations, while avoiding the problem of temperature rise due to reduction of the volume of surface plasmon generator.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种具有改善的照射介质的近场光（NF光）的光密度的热辅助磁记录头。 磁头包括：磁极; 用于传播激发表面等离子体激元的光的波导; 设置在磁极和波导之间的表面等离子体发生器，与表面等离子体模式的光耦合，并发射NF光; 以及至少在波导管和表面等离子体激元发生器之间设置的包层部分，并且包括其中折射率沿着从波导到磁极的方向减小的过渡区域。 提供包括过渡区域的包层部分能够改善由于表面等离子体发生器中激发的表面等离子激元的会聚而导致的NF光的光密度到预定位置，同时避免了由于体积的减小导致的温度上升的问题 的表面等离子体发生器。

公开(公告)号：US08325566B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US12407420

申请日：2009-03-19

申请人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Eiji Komura

发明人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Eiji Komura

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head is provided, in which a light source with a sufficient power is disposed in the element-integration surface to improve mass-productivity. The head comprises, in an element-integration surface of a substrate: a light source; a waveguide for propagating light from the light source; and a magnetic pole for generating write field. Further, the edge along optical axis of the light source is set to be parallel with or inclined from the edge on the opposed-to-medium surface side of the element-integration surface. In the head, since the light source is disposed in the element-integration surface, the construction of the optical system can be completed in the stage of a wafer process. This construction can be relatively facilitated and simplified; thus, mass-productivity in the head manufacturing can be improved. Further, a light source with a sufficient power (cavity length) can be disposed in the element-integration surface.

摘要翻译： 提供一种热辅助磁记录头，其中具有足够功率的光源设置在元件整合表面中以提高批量生产率。 头部包括在基板的元件集成表面中：光源; 用于从光源传播光的波导; 以及用于产生写入场的磁极。 此外，沿着光源的光轴的边缘被设定为与元件整合表面的相对中介表面侧上的边缘平行或倾斜。 在磁头中，由于光源设置在元件集成表面中，所以可以在晶片工艺的阶段完成光学系统的结构。 这种结构可以相对便利和简化; 因此，可以提高头部制造中的批量生产率。 此外，具有足够功率（空腔长度）的光源可以设置在元件集成表面中。

公开(公告)号：US08223597B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US12820290

申请日：2010-06-22

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A magnetic head includes a magnetic head slider; and a laser diode that is positioned on a surface of a side opposite to a substrate of the magnetic head slider and that generates laser light; the magnetic head slider including: a core through which the laser light emitted from the laser diode propagates as propagating light; a cladding that covers the core and that has a refractive index that is smaller than that of the core; a near field light generating means that generates near field light from the propagating light on an air bearing surface; and a main pole for recording that is disposed adjacent to the near field light generating means and of which an edge part is positioned on the air bearing surface. The core includes a reflection layer and a seed layer, the reflection layer has a refractive index smaller than that of the core, and has a reflection surface on which laser light emitted from the laser diode reflects so as to enter the core as the propagating light, and the seed layer is positioned on a back surface of the reflection surface of the reflection layer and suppresses plasmon generation on the reflection surface.

摘要翻译： 磁头包括磁头滑块; 以及激光二极管，其位于与磁头滑块的基板相反的一侧的表面上，并产生激光; 磁头滑块包括：从激光二极管发射的激光通过其传播的传播光; 覆盖芯并且折射率小于芯的折射率的包层; 近场光产生装置，其从空气轴承表面上的传播光产生近场光; 以及与近场光产生装置相邻设置并且边缘部分位于空气支承表面上的用于记录的主极。 芯包括反射层和种子层，反射层的折射率小于芯的折射率，并且具有反射表面，激光二极管发射的激光以其反射的方式进入芯，作为传播光 并且种子层位于反射层的反射面的背面，并抑制反射面上的等离子体发生。