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：US08363515B1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-29

申请号：US13397041

申请日：2012-02-15

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

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

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

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

摘要： The thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole; a waveguide propagating light in a first direction, the first direction intersecting with an air bearing surface; a plasmon generator having a base and a projection, the base having a surface, and the projection having a top, standing partially on the surface of the base and extending in the first direction. The plasmon generator has a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion and the second portion are provided in this order from the air bearing surface in a direction away from the air bearing surface. Herein, the top of the projection and the surface of the base in the first portion define a first step, and the top of the projection and the surface of the base in the second portion define a second step. The first step is larger than the second step.

摘要翻译： 热辅助磁记录头包括：磁极; 波导在第一方向传播光，所述第一方向与空气轴承表面相交; 具有基部和突起的等离子体发生器，所述基部具有表面，并且所述突起具有顶部，部分地位于所述基部的所述表面上并沿所述第一方向延伸。 等离子体发生器具有第一部分和第二部分，并且第一部分和第二部分沿着远离空气支承表面的方向从空气轴承表面依次设置。 这里，突起的顶部和第一部分中的基部的表面限定第一步骤，并且突起的顶部和第二部分中的基部的表面限定第二步骤。 第一步大于第二步。

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：US08270261B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US12683041

申请日：2010-01-06

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

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

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

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

摘要： Provided is a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head comprising a near-field-light-generating (NFL-generating) optical system with an improved light use efficiency. The head comprises a magnetic pole, a waveguide propagating a light for exciting surface plasmon, and a NF-optical device configured to emit NF-light from its end surface located adjacent to the magnetic pole end surface. The waveguide cross-section, taken by a plane perpendicular to a waveguide edge along elongated direction, has substantially a trapezoidal shape in which a longer side of opposed parallel sides is an edge of the cross-section on the NF-optical device side. This configuration enables a coupled portion of the NF-optical device which is coupled with the light to be placed in the effective distribution range of the light seeping from the waveguide. Consequently, there can be realized a sufficiently strong coupling between the light seeping from the waveguide and the NF-optical device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种热辅助磁记录头，其包括具有改善的光利用效率的近场光产生（NFL生成）光学系统。 头包括磁极，传播用于激发表面等离子体激元的光的波导和被配置为从其邻近磁极端表面的端表面发射NF光的NF光学装置。 波导横截面由沿着细长方向垂直于波导边缘的平面截取，具有基本上梯形的形状，其中相对的平行边的较长边是NF光学器件侧的横截面的边缘。 该配置使得能够将与光耦合的NF光学器件的耦合部分放置在从波导管渗出的光的有效分布范围内。 因此，可以实现从波导管和NF光学器件渗出的光之间的足够强的耦合。

公开(公告)号：US08243388B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US12107216

申请日：2008-04-22

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

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

IPC分类号： G11B5/127 ,  G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/102 ,  G11B2005/0005 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： Provided is a heat-assisted magnetic recording head constituted of a light source unit and a slider, which can be easily joined to each other with sufficiently high accuracy of joining position. The slider comprises a head part including a waveguide having an incident center on its end. The surface including an emission center of the light source is protruded from a joining surface of the unit substrate. And a step is provided on an end surface of the head part. The protruded portion of a lower surface of the light source has a surface contact with a wall surface of the step. Further, the distance between the wall surface of the step and the incident center of the waveguide is set to be equal to the distance between the emission center of the light source and the protruded portion of the lower surface of the light source.

摘要翻译： 提供一种由光源单元和滑块构成的热辅助磁记录头，其可以以足够高的接合位置精度彼此容易地接合。 滑块包括头部，其包括在其端部具有入射中心的波导。 包括光源的发射中心的表面从单元基板的接合表面突出。 并且在头部的端面上设置有台阶。 光源的下表面的突出部分与台阶的壁面具有表面接触。 此外，台阶壁面与波导入射中心之间的距离被设定为等于光源的发射中心与光源的下表面的突出部分之间的距离。

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。

公开(公告)号：US20120117791A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-17

申请号：US12947091

申请日：2010-11-16

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

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

IPC分类号： G11B5/127

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G02B6/4202 ,  G11B5/105 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0021 ,  Y10T29/49032 ,  Y10T29/49041 ,  Y10T29/49043 ,  Y10T29/49044 ,  Y10T29/49046 ,  Y10T29/49048 ,  Y10T29/49052

摘要： In a method for manufacturing a thermally-assisted magnetic head that includes a slider and an LD unit, the slider including an air bearing surface (ABS) that faces a recording medium and including a waveguide with a core for light propagation that extends from a light entering surface, which is different from the ABS, to the ABS, the LD unit being attached to the light entering surface of the slider, and the thermally-assisted magnetic head performing magnetic recording while heating the recording medium with near-field light that is excited from linearly polarized laser light, the LD unit is disposed in a position facing the light entering surface of the slider, a photo detector is disposed in a position facing the ABS of the slider, and a polarizer transmitting only light having a polarization component that is orthogonal to a polarization direction of the linearly polarized laser light is disposed between the ABS and the photo detector. An LD of the LD unit is activated, and the linearly polarized laser light is enabled to enter into the core from the light entering surface of the slider. Light radiated from the ABS is enabled to enter into the polarizer, and an alignment of the slider and the LD unit is performed while the photo detector detects light that is transmitted through the polarizer.

摘要翻译： 在制造包括滑块和LD单元的热辅助磁头的方法中，滑块包括面向记录介质的空气轴承表面（ABS），该空气轴承表面包括具有从光线延伸的光传播用核心的波导 进入与ABS不同的表面，将LD单元附着到滑块的光进入表面，并且热辅助磁头在用近场光加热记录介质的同时进行磁记录 从线偏振激光激发，LD单元被设置在面向滑块的光进入表面的位置，光电检测器设置在面向滑块的ABS的位置，偏振器仅透射具有偏振分量的光， 与线偏振激光的偏振方向垂直的方式设置在ABS和光电检测器之间。 LD单元的LD被激活，并且线偏振激光能够从滑块的光进入表面进入芯中。 从ABS辐射的光能够进入偏振器，并且当光电检测器检测到透射通过偏振器的光时，执行滑块和LD单元的对准。

公开(公告)号：US08169861B1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US12946103

申请日：2010-11-15

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 ,  G02B6/1226 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： Provided is a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head in which NF-light with sufficiently high light density can be applied to a medium while a write-field generating point and a near-field light (NF-light) generating point are close to each other. The head comprises a plasmon generator provided between a magnetic pole and a waveguide and configured to be coupled with light propagating through the waveguide in a surface plasmon mode to emit NF-light. The plasmon generator comprises: a plasmon propagating part comprising a propagation edge for propagating surface plasmon excited by the light; and a light penetration suppressing part with an extinction coefficient greater than the plasmon propagating part. The light penetration suppressing part is in surface-contact with a surface portion of the plasmon propagating part excluding the propagation edge, and the magnetic pole is in surface-contact with the light penetration suppressing part. This configuration can avoid significant reduction in light use efficiency of an optical system generating NF-light due to partial absorption of electromagnetic field (light) into the magnetic pole.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种热辅助磁记录头，其中写入场产生点和近场光（NF-光）产生点彼此靠近的情况下，能够将具有足够高的光密度的NF光施加到介质上 。 头部包括设置在磁极和波导之间的等离子体激元发生器，其被配置为以表面等离子体模式传播通过波导的光耦合，以发射NF光。 等离子体发生器包括：等离子体激元传播部分，包括用于传播由光激发的表面等离子体激元的传播边缘; 以及具有大于等离子体激元传播部分的消光系数的光穿透抑制部分。 透光抑制部与除了传播边缘之外的等离子体激元传播部分的表面部分表面接触，并且磁极与透光抑制部分表面接触。 该结构可以避免由于电磁场（光）向磁极的部分吸收而产生NF光的光学系统的光使用效率的显着降低。

公开(公告)号：US08125858B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US12728890

申请日：2010-03-22

申请人： Shinji Hara ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Susumu Aoki ,  Takeshi Tsutsumi

发明人： Shinji Hara ,  Tsutomu Chou ,  Kosuke Tanaka ,  Eiji Komura ,  Koji Shimazawa ,  Daisuke Miyauchi ,  Susumu Aoki ,  Takeshi Tsutsumi

IPC分类号： G11B11/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/3163 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0021

摘要： A plasmon generator has an outer surface including a plasmon exciting part, and has a near-field light generating part located in a medium facing surface. The plasmon exciting part faces an evanescent light generating surface of a waveguide's core with a predetermined distance therebetween. The outer surface of the plasmon generator further includes first and second inclined surfaces that are each connected to the plasmon exciting part. The first and second inclined surfaces increase in distance from each other with increasing distance from the plasmon exciting part. The plasmon generator includes a shape changing portion where the angle of inclination of each of the first and second inclined surfaces with respect to the evanescent light generating surface increases continuously with decreasing distance to the medium facing surface.

摘要翻译： 等离子体发生器具有包括等离子体激元部分的外表面，并且具有位于介质面对表面中的近场光产生部分。 等离子激元激发部分面对波导芯的渐逝光产生表面，其间具有预定的距离。 等离子体发生器的外表面还包括各自连接到等离子体激元部分的第一和第二倾斜表面。 第一和第二倾斜表面随距离等离激子激发部分的距离增加而彼此间距离增加。 等离子体发生器包括形状改变部分，其中第一和第二倾斜表面中的每一个相对于ev逝光产生表面的倾斜角度随着到介质面向表面的距离的减小而连续增加。