公开(公告)号：US12170102B1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US18375210

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Reyad Mehfuz ,  Niall Donlon ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Prim Gangmei

IPC: G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate. A laser is deposited above the substrate. The laser includes one or more non-self-supporting layers of crystalline material. The laser has a length along a light path in a range of about 40 um to about 350 um. An optical input coupler is configured to receive light from the laser. A waveguide is deposited proximate the optical input coupler. The waveguide is configured to communicate light from the laser via the optical input coupler to a near-field transducer that directs energy resulting from plasmonic excitation to a recording medium.

公开(公告)号：US20210225397A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17221945

申请日：2021-04-05

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Reyad Mehfuz ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Pierre Asselin ,  Christopher Neil Harvey

IPC: G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G02B6/122

Abstract: A write head includes an input coupler configured to receive light excited by a light source. A waveguide core is configured to receive light from the input coupler at a fundamental transverse electric (TE00) mode. The waveguide core has a first straight portion. The waveguide core has a mode converter portion comprising a branched portion extending from the first straight portion. The mode converter portion is configured to convert the light to a higher-order (TE10) mode, the mode converter portion spaced apart from the input coupler. The waveguide core has a second straight portion between the mode converter portion and a media-facing surface. The write head has a near-field transducer at the media-facing surface, the near-field transducer receiving the light at the TE10 mode from the waveguide and directing surface plasmons to a recording medium in response thereto.

公开(公告)号：US10734019B1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16528174

申请日：2019-07-31

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Neil Harvey ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Kelly Elizabeth Callan ,  John Bernard McGurk ,  Reyad Mehfuz

IPC: G11B11/105 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G02B6/126 ,  G02B6/136 ,  G02B6/132 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G11B7/1387 ,  G02B6/27 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/00

Abstract: An apparatus includes an input coupler configured to receive light excited by a light source. A near-field transducer (NFT) is positioned at a media-facing surface of a write head. A layered waveguide is positioned between the input coupler and the NFT and configured to receive the light output from the input coupler in a transverse electric (TE) mode and deliver the light to the NFT in a transverse magnetic (TM) mode. The layered waveguide comprises a first layer extending along a light-propagation direction. The first layer is configured to receive light from the input coupler. The first layer tapers from a first cross track width to a second cross track width where the second cross track width is narrower than the first cross track width. The layered waveguide includes a second layer that is disposed on the first layer. The second layer has a cross sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the light propagation direction that increases along the light propagation direction. The cross sectional area of the second layer is smaller proximate to the input coupler and larger proximate to the NFT. The layered waveguide includes an interface between the first layer and the second layer, the interface comprises a curve.

公开(公告)号：US10269379B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US15874353

申请日：2018-01-18

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Reyad Mehfuz ,  Kelly Elizabeth Callan ,  John Bernard McGurk

IPC: G11B11/00 ,  G11B5/012 ,  G11B13/08 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/60

Abstract: A recording head has a waveguide core with an input facet at an input surface. The waveguide core extends to a near-field transducer at a media-facing surface of the recording head. First and second cladding regions are co-planar with and on either cross-track side of the waveguide core. First and second pseudo-slab regions are co-planar with and on outer cross-track sides of the respective first and second cladding regions. The first and second pseudo-slab regions have an index of refraction higher than that of the first and second cladding regions. The first and second pseudo-slab regions confine and channel stray light away from the near-field transducer.

公开(公告)号：US11328745B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US17362117

申请日：2021-06-29

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： John Bernard McGurk ,  Reyad Mehfuz ,  Christopher Neil Harvey ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin

IPC: G11B11/105 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B13/04 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G11B5/00

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate. A laser is formed on a non-self supporting structure and bonded to the substrate. A waveguide having a gap portion is deposited proximate the laser. The waveguide is configured to communicate light from the laser to a near-field transducer (NFT) that directs energy resulting from plasmonic excitation to a recording medium. An optical isolator is disposed over the gap portion.

公开(公告)号：US20220101879A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17546855

申请日：2021-12-09

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  John Moloney ,  Reyad Mehfuz ,  Chuan Zhong ,  Christopher Neil Harvey

IPC: G11B13/08 ,  G11B5/48

Abstract: A recording head includes a channel waveguide that delivers light to a media-facing surface. A near-field transducer (NFT) is at an end of the channel waveguide and proximate to the media-facing surface. A laser including an active region has a longitudinal axis corresponding to a propagation direction of the channel waveguide. The active region includes a back facet and a front facet proximate the NFT. The front facet has a surface shape configured to suppress back reflection of the light.

公开(公告)号：US10895684B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16449016

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Mark A. Gubbins ,  Richard C. A. Pitwon ,  Aidan D. Goggin ,  Marcus B. Mooney ,  Reyad Mehfuz ,  Fadi El Hallak ,  Paula F. McElhinney ,  Brendan Lafferty ,  Kelly E. Callan

IPC: G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/132 ,  H01S5/22 ,  H01S5/062

Abstract: A method, and apparatus provided thereby, includes providing a substrate and placing an integrated laser on the substrate. A first cladding layer surrounds the integrated laser and includes a laser optical coupler aligned with an output of the laser. The laser optical coupler includes silicon and the laser includes a III-V compound semiconductor. The output of the laser is spaced apart from the laser optical coupler by a gap of less than or equal to 500 nanometers. An optical waveguide is positioned on the first cladding layer and in optical communication with the laser optical coupler.

公开(公告)号：US10515659B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US16113034

申请日：2018-08-27

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

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

IPC: G11B11/105 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B7/126

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.

公开(公告)号：US10014016B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US15463238

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Reyad Mehfuz ,  Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  Kelly Elizabeth Hamilton ,  John Bernard McGurk ,  Choon How Gan

IPC: G11B11/00 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/126 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B6/27 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B7/1263 ,  G11B7/1267 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B7/126

CPC classification number: G11B5/6088 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B6/126 ,  G11B5/105 ,  G11B5/314 ,  G11B7/126 ,  G11B7/1263 ,  G11B7/1267 ,  G11B2005/0021

Abstract: A recording head has a primary waveguide core with an input end at an input surface of the recording head and extends to a near-field transducer at a media-facing surface of the recording head. A secondary waveguide core is separated from the primary waveguide core by a gap such that light is evanescently coupled from the primary waveguide core to the secondary waveguide core. The secondary waveguide core has first and second bends such that an output end of the secondary waveguide core is parallel to and separated from the primary waveguide core in a cross-track direction. A polarization rotator rotates a polarization of light in the secondary waveguide core such that polarization-rotated light exits the secondary waveguide core at the media-facing surface.

公开(公告)号：US12106771B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18371146

申请日：2023-09-21

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Aidan Dominic Goggin ,  John Moloney ,  Reyad Mehfuz ,  Chuan Zhong ,  Christopher Neil Harvey

IPC: G11B5/48 ,  G11B13/08 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B11/105

CPC classification number: G11B13/08 ,  G11B5/4866 ,  G11B2005/0021 ,  G11B5/6088 ,  G11B11/105

Abstract: A recording head includes a channel waveguide that delivers light to a media-facing surface. A near-field transducer (NFT) is at an end of the channel waveguide and proximate to the media-facing surface. A laser including an active region has a longitudinal axis corresponding to a propagation direction of the channel waveguide. The active region includes a back facet and a front facet proximate the NFT. The front facet has a surface shape configured to suppress back reflection of the light.