Surface-plasmon resonance characterization of a near-field transducer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 48, Issue 5 PART 1, 2012, Pages 1801-1806

  Peng, Chubing ^a   Challener, William A ^a   Itagi, Amit ^a   Seigler, Mike ^a   Gage, Edward C ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat assisted magnetic recording; optical near field transducer; phase change materials; photothermal effects

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PLASMONS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RED SHIFT; RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

DISK DIAMETERS; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCERS; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCERS; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS; PLANAR SOLID IMMERSION MIRRORS; RESONANT BEHAVIOR; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84860426686     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2171049     Document Type: Article

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