Integrated focusing elements for TAMR light delivery system

• Main Authors: SCHRECK ERHARD, SMYTH JOE, DOVEK MORIS, JIN XUHUI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.07.2011
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

A device to facilitate Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording (TAMR), and a method for its manufacture, are described. One or more cylindrical lenses are used to focus light from a laser diode onto a wave-guide and a nearby plasmon antenna. Five embodiments of the invention are described, each one fe...