Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a middle disk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11710504-B1
Application number	US-202217655119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 16, 2022
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

A heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a near-field emitter and a middle disk. The near-field emitter includes a peg and an anchor disk. The peg is configured to produce a hot spot on a proximal magnetic disk. The peg is disposed proximal to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. The anchor disk is disposed behind the peg relative to the media-facing surface. The middle disk has a melting temperature of at least 1500 degrees Celsius. The middle disk is disposed in a down-track direction relative to the near-field emitter and is coupled to the anchor disk.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprising:
a plasmonic disk;
a near-field emitter comprising:
a peg configured to produce a hot spot on a proximal magnetic disk, the peg disposed proximal to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head; and
an anchor disk disposed behind the peg relative to the media-facing surface; and

a middle disk having a melting temperature of at least 1500 degrees Celsius,
wherein the plasmonic disk is disposed in an up-track direction relative to the middle disk,
wherein the anchor disk is coupled to the plasmonic disk, and
wherein the middle disk is disposed in a down-track direction relative to the near-field emitter and is coupled to the anchor disk.

2. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the middle disk comprises a transition metal.

3. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 2 , wherein the transition metal is a primary metal of the middle disk.

4. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 3 , wherein the primary metal comprises at least 95 atomic percent of the middle disk.

5. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 2 , wherein the transition metal is a component of an alloy of the middle disk.

6. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 2 , wherein the transition metal is a platinum group metal.

7. A heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprising a near-field transducer comprising:
a plasmonic disk;
a middle disk having a melting temperature of at least 1500 degrees Celsius; and
a near-field emitter comprising:
an anchor disk that occupies an area of a plane that is defined by a cross-track dimension of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head and a media-facing dimension of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head; and
a peg that occupies an area of the plane that is smaller than the area of the plane that is occupied by the anchor disk,

wherein the peg is disposed proximal to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head,
wherein the anchor disk is disposed behind the peg relative to the media-facing surface,
wherein the plasmonic disk is disposed in an up-track direction relative to the middle disk, and
wherein the anchor disk is coupled to the plasmonic disk.

8. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 7 , wherein the middle disk comprises a transition metal.

9. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 8 , wherein the transition metal is a primary metal of the middle disk.

10. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the primary metal comprises at least 95 atomic percent of the middle disk.

11. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 8 , wherein the transition metal is a component of an alloy of the middle disk.

12. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 8 , wherein the transition metal is a platinum group metal.

13. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 7 ,
wherein the middle disk is disposed in a down-track direction relative to the near-field emitter, and
wherein the middle disk is coupled to the anchor disk.

14. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 13 ,
wherein the middle disk and the anchor disk are coupled to each other at an interface that is substantially orthogonal to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head, and
wherein the interface comprises a surface of the anchor disk and a surface of the middle disk.

15. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 7 ,
wherein the anchor disk and the plasmonic disk are coupled to each other at an interface that is substantially orthogonal to the media-facing surface, and
wherein the interface comprises a surface of the plasmonic disk and a surface of the anchor disk.

16. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 7 , further comprising a heat sink,
wherein the heat sink is disposed in a down-track direction relative to the middle disk, and
wherein the heat sink is coupled to the middle disk.

17. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 16 ,
wherein the heat sink and the middle disk are coupled to each other at an interface that is substantially orthogonal to the media-facing surface, and
wherein the interface comprises a surface of the middle disk and a surface of the heat sink.

18. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 7 , further comprising a waveguide,
wherein the waveguide is disposed in an up-track direction relative to the middle disk, and
wherein the plasmonic disk is coupled to the waveguide.

19. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head of claim 18 ,
wherein the plasmonic disk and the waveguide are coupled to each other at an interface that is substantially orthogonal to the media-facing surface, and
wherein the interface comprises a surface of the waveguide and a surface of the plasmonic disk.

20. A heat-assisted magnetic recording head comprising:
a plasmonic disk;
a near-field emitter comprising:
a peg configured to produce a hot spot on a proximal magnetic disk, the peg disposed proximal to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head; and
an anchor disk disposed behind the peg relative to the media-facing surface; and

a middle disk having a melting temperature of at least 1500 degrees Celsius,
wherein the plasmonic disk is disposed in an up-track direction relative to the middle disk, and
wherein the anchor disk is coupled to the plasmonic disk,
wherein the middle disk is disposed in a down-track direction relative to the near-field emitter and is coupled to the anchor disk, and
wherein the middle disk comprises at least one of iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, platinum, or palladium.

Assignees

• Seagate Technology Llc

Inventors

• Lee Tae-Woo
• Qiu Jiaoming

Classifications

• G11B5/7375 Primary

  for heat-assisted or thermally-assisted magnetic recording [HAMR, TAMR] · CPC title

• G11B5/314

  where the layers are extra layers normally not provided in the transducing structure, e.g. optical layers (G11B5/3196 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B5/4866

  the arm comprising an optical waveguide, e.g. for thermally-assisted recording · CPC title

• G11B2005/0021

  Thermally assisted recording using an auxiliary energy source for heating the recording layer locally to assist the magnetization reversal · CPC title

• G11B5/40 Primary

  Protective measures on heads, e.g. against excessive temperature  (G11B5/31 takes precedence; protection against wear G11B5/255  {; protective structure of the head: see under structures, e.g. G11B5/3106}) · CPC title