Spin stand characterization of dielectric optical waveguides fabricated on AlTiC sliders for heat assisted magnetic recording

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5380, Issue , 2004, Pages 40-46

  Rausch, T ^a   Mihalcea, C ^a   Pelhos, K ^a   Peng, C ^a   Gage, E C ^a   Mountfield, K ^a   Seigler, M ^a   Challener, W A ^a  

^a SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flying slider; Heat assisted magnetic recording; Hybrid recording; Optical waveguides; Spin stand; Waveguide grating coupler and AlTiC Sliders

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COERCIVE FORCE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEATING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TRANSDUCERS;

FLYING SLIDER; HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HYBRID RECORDING; SPIN STAND; WAVEGUIDE GRATING COUPLER AND ALTIC SLIDERS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 10044253536     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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