Heat-assisted magnetic recording head near-field transducer with a thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy

A heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprises a near-field transducer (NFT). The NFT comprises a thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy, wherein the thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy comprises a plasmonic metal and at least one alloying metal.

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Main Authors McConnell, Beverley Rutherford, Puri, Anil Kumar, Mooney, Marcus Benedict, Gubbins, Mark, McElhinney, Paula Frances, Vila, Venancio Calero, Atmatzakis, Evangelos, Baby, Aji
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.10.2023
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
METALLURGY
PHYSICS
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:A heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprises a near-field transducer (NFT). The NFT comprises a thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy, wherein the thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy comprises a plasmonic metal and at least one alloying metal.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202217657398