公开(公告)号：US10062400B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15658636

申请日：2017-07-25

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Neil Harvey ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Kelly Elizabeth Hamilton ,  Reyad Mefuz

IPC: G11B11/00 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B7/126

CPC classification number: G11B5/4866 ,  G11B5/314 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B7/126 ,  G11B2005/0021

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first waveguide core extending along a light-propagation direction and configured to receive light from a light source at a combined transverse electric (TE) mode and a transverse magnetic (TM) mode. A second waveguide core is spaced apart from the first waveguide core and is configured to couple light at a TM mode to the second waveguide core. A near-field transducer (NFT) is disposed at a media-facing surface of a write head, the NFT receiving the light from the first waveguide core or the second waveguide core and heating a magnetic recording medium in response thereto.