Tapered bi-layer near field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording write heads

• Main Authors: Xu, Weihao, Maletzky, Tobias
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.06.2024
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

The present embodiments relate to a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with a NFT bi-layer structure with a bottom taper, which can be applied to one or both layers of the two layers. A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head can include a main pole including a tip portion...