High coupling efficiency adiabatic near-field transducer for HAMR

Zhong, Chuan, Flanigan, Patrick, Abadia, Nicolas, Jennings, Brian, Bello, Frank, Atcheson, Gwenael, Li, Jing, Zheng, Jian-Yao, Hobbs, Richard, McCloskey, David and Donegan, John F. 2018. High coupling efficiency adiabatic near-field transducer for HAMR. Presented at: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California, 13th-18th May 2018. Proceedings Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. OSA Terchnical Digest Optical Society of America, FTh1K.3. 10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FTh1K.3

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Abstract

The literature reports NFT with size below 1 micron are found to be thermo-mechanically unstable and low coupling efficiency. We demonstrate a 6 μm long adiabatic taper. A maximum coupling efficiency of 90.8% is achieved.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	Optical Society of America
ISBN:	978-1-943580-42-2
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2019 08:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/117263

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