Saile Ackerman LLC
Polarization rotator for thermally assisted magnetic recording
A waveguide structure with a light polarization rotator section for converting transverse electric light from a TE light source to transverse magnetic light which is subsequently coupled to a plasmon generator (PG) is disclosed. Wavelengths above 800 nm are advantageously used to reduce resistive heating in the PG, and in adjacent cladding and write pole layers to improve the thermally assisted magnetic recording head lifetime. The light polarization rotator section has a length determined by TE LD light wavelength, and the effective mode index of the two orthogonal fundamental modes, and has curved portions to enable a greater length to accommodate longer TE light wavelengths without increasing the waveguide distance between the air bearing surface and back end of the device.
Headway Technologies, Inc.
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Hiroyuki Yoshitaka Xuhui Shigeki
Ito Sasaki Jin Tanemura