Cutoff wavelength of ridge waveguide near field transducer for disk data storage

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 16043-16051

  Peng, Chubing ^a   Jin, Eric X ^a   Clinton, Thomas W ^a   Seigler, Mike A ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; ELECTROMAGNETIC EIGENMODES; FULL VECTORIAL FINITE DIFFERENCES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCERS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; STORAGE MEDIUM; TRANSMISSION RESONANCE;

RIDGE WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 54749136218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016043     Document Type: Article

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