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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169881 | Thermally assisted recording head having recessed waveguide with near field transducer and methods of making same According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a near field transducer comprising a conductive metal film having a main body and a ridge extending from the main body and an optical waveguide for illumination of the near field transducer, a light guiding core lay... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8139464 | Planar optical waveguide for heat assisted magnetic recording An optical waveguide includes a core guiding layer, a cladding layer adjacent to the core guiding layer, a reflective layer, and a multiple layer stack on the reflective layer. The multiple layer stack includes a periodic arrangement of dielectric bilayers that each... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8107351 | Laminated half-wave plate, optical pickup device, polarization converter, and projection display apparatus A laminated half-wave plate includes: first and second wave plates having optical axes intersecting each other, wherein when phase differences of the first and second wave plates with respect to a wavelength λ are represented by Γ1 and Γ2, i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107352 | Microwave assisted magnetic head A microwave assisted magnetic head is formed to include a main pole magnetic layer including a main pole; a shielded magnetic layer including a shielded pole; a recording coil that is formed to generate a writing magnetic field from a tip of the main pole; and a mic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8009545 | Optical recording using a waveguide structure and a phase change medium An apparatus includes a component having a first surface, a first waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation to a focal point adjacent to the first surface, a storage medium positioned adjacent to the first surface, a detector for detecting electromagnetic ra... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7957250 | Optical head A micro optical head is provided, which provides sub-wavelength focusing spot and very long depth of focus. The optical head includes a transparent substrate, an opaque film, and at least one sub-wavelength annular channel. After coherent light transmits the transpa... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944800 | Optical recording head, optical recording head manufacturing method and recording/reproducing device Provided is a highly reliable optical recording head which has a small fluctuation of a quantity of light applied on a recording medium due to temperature. The optical recording head is provided with a light guide section for guiding light applied from a light sourc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7848212 | Acousto-optic reading/recording head for high-density optical disks High-density optical data storage comprising multi-layer optical disc and multi-wavelength reading/recording head, wherein the reading/recording head utilizes a single-mode optic fiber connecting the head with remote short-wavelength laser and acousto-optical (AO) c... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7792006 | Optical head capable of providing a subwavelength beams The present invention provides an optical head with a single or multiple sub-wavelength light beams, which can be used in arenas such as photolithography, optical storage, optical microscopy, to name a few. The present invention includes a transparent substrate, a t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7672213 | Optical print head using a glass arm waveguide This invention relates to an optical mechanism comprising: an optical beam generating mechanism to generate an optical beam; and a unitary, transparent waveguide for guiding the optical beam to an optically writable surface wherein optical elements for guiding the o... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7599277 | Near-field optical head having tapered hole for guiding light beam A near-field optical head has a planar substrate having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and an inverted conical or pyramidal hole extending through the first and second surfaces. The conical or pyramidal hole has at least on... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596072 | Optical recording using a waveguide structure and a phase change medium An apparatus comprises a slider having an air bearing surface, a first waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation to a focal point adjacent to the air bearing surface, a storage medium position adjacent to the air bearing surface, a detector for detecting ele... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7580336 | Optical head having a beam input/output coupler on a planar waveguide An optical head has a beam input/output coupler on a planar waveguide and other parts including: a light transmitting element emitting a beam; a planar waveguide formed on a substrate and receiving the beam oscillated from the light transmitting element; a beam inpu... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7480229 | Light-emitting device and optical integrated device In fabricating a monochromic and highly coherent light source, no single crystalline bulk semiconductor is used, but two different kinds of transparent substances are alternately stacked over each other to constitute a periodic structure in ½ of the intended wavele... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7444047 | Multiplexing optical system A multiplexing optical system includes collimator lenses, a first condensing lens, a second condensing lens and an optical fiber. The collimator lenses collimate divergent laser beams that have been emitted from semiconductor lasers. The first condensing lens conden... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440384 | Magnetic recording device for heat assisted magnetic recording A magnetic recording device is provided according to the present invention for magnetic recording on a recording medium. The magnetic recording device includes a planar waveguide having a propagation axis. The planar waveguide allows light received thereby to propag... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440660 | Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording An apparatus includes a first waveguide configured to focus an electromagnetic wave to a focal region, and a second waveguide defining an opening having an end positioned adjacent to the focal region, the second waveguide including a first metallic layer, and second... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408847 | Integrated type optical head with sheet waveguide and light coupler An integrated optical head is provided. In the integrated optical head, a light source emits light. A waveguide guides the light. An input coupler is located at one edge of the waveguide, and couples light emitted from the light source and transmits the coupled ligh... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7368703 | Optoelectronic input device, method for production of such a device, and method for measuring the movement of an object with the help of such a device The invention relates to an optoelectronic input device (10) in which the input is formed by detected movements of an object (M), the device comprising an optical module (11) comprising at least one laser (1,1′) with a cavity for the generatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366060 | Method for forming optical aperture, near-field optical head, method for fabricating near-field optical head, and information recording/reading apparatus A near-field optical head has a main surface confronting a recording medium during use of the near-field optical head. A sharpened tip is disposed on the main surface and has an optical aperture at a front end thereof. An opaque film covers the sharpened tip and has... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352384 | Method for printing a near field photoinduced stable structure, and optical fibre tip for implementing same The invention generally concerns a method involving emitting polarization light waves through an aperture with a dimension of maximum size lower than or equal to 100 nm, wherein the aperture is circumferentially bound by an opaque area that prevents the light waves ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349598 | Surface plasmon resonance device A surface plasmon resonance device of the present invention includes a transparent medium layer and a conductive layer, a periodic structure being present at the interface therebetween. Assuming that the wavelength of visible light incident on the conductive layer t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345981 | Optical pickup An optical pickup including an optical member which inhibits interference light reflected from an adjacent layer from being received by a photodetector when an optical information storage medium includes a plurality of recording layers on at least one side thereof. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345840 | Light delivery technique for heat assisted magnetic recording head A suspension arm for an optical transducer comprises a load beam, a slider coupled to the load beam by a gimbal assembly and including an optical transducer positioned adjacent to an end of the slider facing a pivot point of the suspension arm, and an optical fiber ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342868 | Compatible optical pickup apparatus A compatible optical pickup apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus and method include a first light source for generating and emitting a first light having a predetermined wavelength, a second light source for generating and emitting a second light having ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330404 | Near-field optical transducers for thermal assisted magnetic and optical data storage An optical transducer comprises an optical element for directing an electromagnetic wave to a focal region and a metallic nano-structure having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to an electric field of the electromagnetic wave, the metallic nano-structure b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327665 | Optical fiber probe using an electrical potential difference and an optical recorder using the same An optical fiber probe generates an electrical potential difference formed between thin metal layers coated thereon to increase a light transmission rate. The optical fiber probe includes a near-field probe having a core transmitting light incident from an external ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327664 | Optical recording apparatus An optical fiber array is constructed by using a plurality of laser modules, which guide a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser of a blue color wavelength to an optical fiber, such that beam emitting ends of respective optical fibers are aligned in one row ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327639 | Hybrid writing and reading head to record data with high density A hybrid head to record and reproduce high density data. The hybrid head to record and reproduce data includes an element to record and reproduce data which is formed at the back side of a slider. The element to record and reproduce data includes an energy source to... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310205 | Thermally assisted recording of magnetic media using a resonant cavity and energy A magnetic head including a media heating device including an optical cavity resonator that produces a high intensity near-field optical beam adjacent to the write pole. Optical energy is coupled into the resonant cavity through a waveguide that is placed proximate ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308172 | System for reading data stored on an information carrier The invention relates to a system for reading data stored on an information carrier. The system comprises a waveguide (1203) which allows displacing laterally the different components in exploiting the reflection of the light beams between a first surface ( | 12/11/2007 |
| 7289422 | Optical devices having transmission enhanced by surface plasmon mode resonance, and their use in data recording A device includes an optical gain medium through which optical radiation is amplified. The device includes first and second reflectors disposed around the gain medium. One of the reflectors includes an emission region though which optical output is emitted and a met... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272102 | Ridge waveguide with recess A ridge waveguide having a recessed ridge forming an isolated tip at a terminal end of the waveguide's aperture efficiently couples light into a spot adjacent to the tip in a medium below the terminal end of the waveguide which is significantly smaller than the ligh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266268 | Diffraction grating Diffraction gratings for coupling an electromagnetic wave into a planar waveguide are disclosed. The diffraction grating may include a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating slanted relative to one another. Alternatively, the diffraction grating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251089 | Storage medium with overcoat layer for enhanced heating A data storage system includes a magnetic storage medium and a write head configured to be positioned adjacent the storage medium and. The write head includes a magnetic field source configured to apply a magnetic field to the storage medium and an optical near fiel... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251076 | Optical component and method for producing thick polyimide film An optical component according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one optical element obtained by processing at least one thick optical film provided on the substrate. The optical component has a plurality of surfaces substantially not para... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245803 | Optical waveguide grating coupler An optical waveguide grating coupler for coupling light between a planar waveguide and an optical element such as an optical fiber. The optical waveguide grating coupler includes a grating comprising a plurality of elongate scattering elements. The optical waveguide... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239599 | Light irradiation head and information storage apparatus A light irradiation head of the present invention includes: a propagation body having a tapered two dimensional shape axially symmetrical to a predetermined symmetrical axis, and consisting of a first kind material that propagates electromagnetic fields of light; an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236332 | Thermally assisted recording of magnetic using an in-gap optical resonant cavity A magnetic head including a media heating device that is fabricated within the magnetic head structure. The media heating device is fabricated between the writing magnetic pole of a perpendicular magnetic head and the ABS surface of the head, where it serves to heat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215629 | Magnetic recording device for heat assisted magnetic recording A magnetic recording device is provided according to the present invention for magnetic recording on a recording medium. The magnetic recording device includes a planar waveguide having a propagation axis. The planar waveguide allows light received thereby to propag... | 05/08/2007 |
