公开(公告)号：US20110090587A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-21

申请号：US12581385

申请日：2009-10-19

申请人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

发明人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

IPC分类号： G11B5/02

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

摘要： A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a surface-emitting type light source for emitting substantially collimated beam, a first diffraction optical element for focusing the substantially collimated beam emitted from the surface-emitting type light source, a second diffraction optical element for collimating the light beam focused by the first diffraction optical element, a waveguide integrally formed with the second diffraction optical element and made of the material as that of second diffraction optical element, the light beam collimated by the second diffraction optical element being incident to the waveguide, an optical-path direction conversion element for converting a direction of an optical path of the incident light beam to a propagation direction of the waveguide, the propagation direction being toward an opposed-to-medium surface, and a magnetic pole for generating write field from its end face on the opposed-to-medium surface side.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁记录头包括用于发射基本上准直的光束的表面发射型光源，用于聚焦从表面发射型光源发射的基本上准直的光束的第一衍射光学元件，用于准直 由第一衍射光学元件聚焦的光束，与第二衍射光学元件整体形成并由第二衍射光学元件的材料制成的波导，由第二衍射光学元件准直的光束入射到波导， 光路方向转换元件，用于将入射光束的光路的方向转换为波导的传播方向，传播方向朝向相对中间的表面;以及磁极，用于从其产生写入场 在相对中的表面侧上的端面。

公开(公告)号：US20090168220A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US12204452

申请日：2008-09-04

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Hitoshi Hatate

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Hitoshi Hatate

IPC分类号： G11B5/02 ,  B44C1/22

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： When first and second near-field light-generating portions are irradiated with laser light or other energy rays, near-field light is generated at the tips of both the near-field light-generating portions. By means of the near-field light thus generated, a magnetic recording medium opposing the medium-opposing surface is heated, and the coercivity of the magnetic recording medium is lowered. Since at least a portion of the main magnetic pole is positioned within the spot region including the region between the first and second near-field light-generating portions, the tips of both the near-field light-generating portions and the main magnetic pole can be brought extremely close together, and high-density recording can be performed.

摘要翻译： 当用激光或其他能量射线照射第一和第二近场光产生部分时，在近场光产生部分的尖端处产生近场光。 通过这样产生的近场光，加热与介质相对表面相对的磁记录介质，并降低磁记录介质的矫顽力。 由于主磁极的至少一部分位于包括第一和第二近场发光部之间的区域的光点区域内，因此近场发光部和主磁极两者的尖端 被非常靠近在一起，并且可以执行高密度记录。

公开(公告)号：US08223596B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US12581385

申请日：2009-10-19

申请人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

发明人： Tsutomu Chou ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

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 includes a surface-emitting type light source for emitting substantially collimated beam, a first diffraction optical element for focusing the substantially collimated beam emitted from the surface-emitting type light source, a second diffraction optical element for collimating the light beam focused by the first diffraction optical element, a waveguide integrally formed with the second diffraction optical element and made of the material as that of second diffraction optical element, the light beam collimated by the second diffraction optical element being incident to the waveguide, an optical-path direction conversion element for converting a direction of an optical path of the incident light beam to a propagation direction of the waveguide, the propagation direction being toward an opposed-to-medium surface, and a magnetic pole for generating write field from its end face on the opposed-to-medium surface side.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁记录头包括用于发射基本上准直的光束的表面发射型光源，用于聚焦从表面发射型光源发射的基本上准直的光束的第一衍射光学元件，用于准直 由第一衍射光学元件聚焦的光束，与第二衍射光学元件整体形成并由第二衍射光学元件的材料制成的波导，由第二衍射光学元件准直的光束入射到波导， 光路方向转换元件，用于将入射光束的光路的方向转换为波导的传播方向，传播方向朝向相对中间的表面;以及用于从其产生写入场的磁极 在相对中的表面侧上的端面。

公开(公告)号：US20110235478A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：US12729560

申请日：2010-03-23

申请人： Eiji KOMURA ,  Shinji Hara ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Eiji KOMURA ,  Shinji Hara ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B11/00 ,  G02B6/26

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

摘要： A waveguide has a core through which laser light can propagate in a TM mode, that has a rectangular cross section perpendicular to a propagative direction of the laser light, and through which the laser light can propagate in a fundamental mode in which only one portion exists on the cross section of the core where a light intensity of the laser light becomes maximal, and a higher order mode in which two or more portions exist where the light intensity becomes maximal, a clad surrounding the core, and a light absorbing element in the clad, and wherein a distance between the light absorbing element and the core is shorter than a penetration length of evanescent light in the higher order mode, but is longer than a penetration length of evanescent light in the fundamental mode.

摘要翻译： 波导具有核，激光可以以TM模式传播，其具有与激光的传播方向垂直的矩形横截面，激光可以以仅存在一个部分的基本模式传播 在激光的光强度变得最大的核心的横截面上，以及存在光强度变得最大的两个以上部分的高阶模式，围绕芯的包层，以及光吸收元件 并且其中所述光吸收元件和所述芯之间的距离比所述高阶模式中的渐逝光的穿透长度短，但是比所述基模中的渐逝光的穿透长度更长。

公开(公告)号：US07936643B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-03

申请号：US12364765

申请日：2009-02-03

申请人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/02 ,  G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： The present thermally assisted magnetic head has: a plasmon antenna; an optical wave guide having the plasmon antenna installed at the tip thereof; a diffraction grating which is disposed in or on the optical wave guide; and a laser element which is disposed at a position to irradiate laser beams onto the diffraction grating, and is composed of a photonic crystal surface emitting semiconductor layer. A laser light intensity distribution on the diffraction grating has at least two intensity peaks in the width direction of the optical wave guide. The two-dimensional form of the laser light intensity distribution on the diffraction grating is a ring or two ellipses.

摘要翻译： 本发明的热辅助磁头具有：等离子体激元; 具有安装在其尖端处的等离子体激元天线的光波导; 设置在光波导中或其上的衍射光栅; 以及激光元件，其设置在将激光束照射到衍射光栅上的位置，并且由光子晶体表面发射半导体层构成。 衍射光栅上的激光强度分布在光波导的宽度方向上具有至少两个强度峰值。 衍射光栅上的激光强度分布的二维形式是一个环或两个椭圆。

公开(公告)号：US07885029B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-08

申请号：US12423269

申请日：2009-04-14

申请人： Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Susumu Aoki ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Tetsuya Roppongi

发明人： Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Susumu Aoki ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Tetsuya Roppongi

IPC分类号： G11B5/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A head capable of favorite thermally-assisted magnetic recording without depending on the use of a near-field light generator is provided. The head comprises a write head element formed on the trailing side from a waveguide and comprising a first main pole. The first main pole and the waveguide are opposed to each other through a first clad layer, and a second clad layer is provided on a rear side from the first main pole. This gives that the end surface of the waveguide can be placed much close to the end surface of the first main pole apart by only a thickness of the first clad layer. As a result, the end surface of the first main pole can apply a sufficient intensity of write field to the intensity center and its vicinity of the light spot formed on the magnetic recording layer.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种能够不依赖于近场光发生器的使用的热辅助磁记录的头部。 头包括形成在波导的后侧并包括第一主极的写头元件。 第一主极和波导通过第一覆盖层彼此相对，并且第二覆盖层设置在从第一主极的后侧。 这使得波导的端面可以被放置得非常靠近第一主极的端表面，只有第一覆盖层的厚度分开。 结果，第一主极的端面可以对形成在磁记录层上的光点的强度中心及其附近施加足够强的写入场。

公开(公告)号：US20100079895A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-01

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 ,  G21G4/00 ,  G11B5/48

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，以朝着至少三个顶点或圆角中的一个变得更靠近平坦端面 。 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：US08424191B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-23

申请号：US12648079

申请日：2009-12-28

申请人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Osamu Shindo ,  Takashi Honda

发明人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama ,  Eiji Komura ,  Osamu Shindo ,  Takashi Honda

IPC分类号： G11B11/12

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/3163 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021 ,  Y10T29/49032 ,  Y10T29/49037 ,  Y10T29/49055 ,  Y10T29/49059

摘要： A method for manufacturing a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head is provided, in which joined are: a light source unit that includes a light source having a surface including a light-emission center on the joining surface side of a unit substrate; and a slider that includes an optical system having a light-receiving end surface reaching a back surface opposite to the opposed-to-medium surface. This method utilizes “semi-active alignment” that uses an alignment light, and comprises steps of: causing a light to enter the light source from a surface opposite to the light-emission center; detecting the light that has passed through the light source and is emitted from the light-emission center to align the light-emission center with the light-receiving end surface of the slider; and bonding the light source unit to the slider. This manufacturing method can achieve the alignment with a sufficiently high alignment accuracy in a short processing time.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于制造热辅助磁记录头的方法，其中连接有：光源单元，其包括在单元基板的接合表面侧上具有包括发光中心的表面的光源; 以及包括光学系统的滑块，所述光学系统具有到达相对于中间表面的后表面的光接收端面。 该方法采用使用对准光的“半主动对准”，其包括以下步骤：使光从与发光中心相反的表面进入光源; 检测已经通过光源并从发光中心射出的光，使发光中心与滑块的受光端面对准; 并将光源单元接合到滑块。 该制造方法可以在短的处理时间内以足够高的对准精度实现对准。

公开(公告)号：US08264919B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-11

申请号：US12659094

申请日：2010-02-25

申请人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

发明人： Eiji Komura ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Seiichi Takayama

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/1226 ,  G02B6/1228 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A spot size converter according to the present invention is capable of shortening the waveguide length in the spot size converter and of promoting a size reduction of the optical waveguide itself because two cores having a taper portion are combined and those tapering angles are mutually aligned. Furthermore, spot size conversion efficiency is favorable even in a small size.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的点尺寸转换器能够缩短光斑尺寸转换器中的波导长度并且促进光波导本身的尺寸减小，因为具有锥形部分的两个芯体组合并且这些渐缩角度相互对准。 此外，即使在小尺寸的情况下，光斑尺寸转换效率也是有利的。

公开(公告)号：US08000175B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-16

申请号：US12363010

申请日：2009-01-30

申请人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Eiji Komura ,  Seiichi Takayama

发明人： Koji Shimazawa ,  Eiji Komura ,  Seiichi Takayama

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/02 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A thermally assisted magnetic head includes: a slider having a medium-facing surface; and a surface-emitting semiconductor laser. The slider has: a slider substrate, on which part of the medium-facing surface is formed; and a magnetic head portion, on which another part of the medium-facing surface is formed, and which has a first surface in contact with a head stacking surface of the slider substrate and a second surface opposite the first surface. The magnetic head portion has: a main magnetic pole that generates a write magnetic field from an end face on the side of the medium-facing surface; an optical waveguide core extending along the first surface and having a light exit surface at the medium-facing surface; and a diffraction grating, which is provided in the optical waveguide core or further towards the second surface than the optical waveguide core, and the refractive index of which varies periodically along the direction in which the optical waveguide core extends. The surface-emitting semiconductor laser is provided opposing the second surface so that emission light from the surface-emitting semiconductor laser is incident onto the diffraction grating, and the diffraction grating causes at least part of emission light from the surface-emitting semiconductor laser to be optically coupled to the optical waveguide core.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁头包括：具有中等面向表面的滑块; 和表面发射半导体激光器。 滑块具有：形成介质面的一部分的滑块基板; 以及磁头部分，其上形成有介质相对表面的另一部分，并且具有与滑块基板的磁头堆叠表面接触的第一表面和与第一表面相对的第二表面。 磁头部具有：主磁极，其从中间面的一侧的端面产生写入磁场; 光波导芯，沿着所述第一表面延伸并且在所述面向中的表面处具有光出射表面; 以及衍射光栅，其设置在光波导芯中或者比光波导芯更靠近第二表面，并且其折射率沿着光波导芯延伸的方向周期性地变化。 表面发射半导体激光器被设置为与第二表面相对，使得来自表面发射半导体激光器的发射光入射到衍射光栅上，并且衍射光栅使得来自表面发射半导体激光器的至少一部分发射光为 光耦合到光波导芯。