Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive

• Main Authors: WANG LEI, LEE SHING, GOULAKOV ARKADI B, SOCHAVA SERGEI, LEE HYOJUNE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.11.2013
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

A method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head are described. The EAMR head includes a laser, a slider, and an EAMR transducer. The laser has a main emitter and at least one alignment emitter. The slider includes at least one alignment waveguide, at least one out...