Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is on the magnetic recording industry's roadmap
of next generation recording technology. The high temperature writing condition creates …

Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) promises to deliver higher storage areal density
than the current perpendicular magnetic recording products. Laser heating is implemented …

Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device that comprises a housing defining an interior
cavity. The magnetic storage device also comprises at least one magnetic disk in the interior …

Provided herein is a magnetic write head including a near field transducer and a magnetic
recording media including a media lubricant. The media lubricant includes a first portion and …

(57) ABSTRACT A heat-assisted magnetic recording device is disposed in a hermetically
sealed enclosure. The device includes a slider comprising a reader, a writer, and an optical …

The present disclosure relates to pretreating a magnetic recording head to increase the
lifetime of the magnetic media drive. A transparent smear is purposefully formed on the …

A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head for recording data in data tracks of a
HAMR disk has a gas-bearing slider that supports a near-field transducer (NFT) and a main …

Disclosed herein are sliders having air-bearing surface (ABS) designs to mitigate the effects
of smear on near-field transducers used in data storage devices, and data storage devices …

A heat-assisted magnetic recording device is disposed in a hermetically sealed enclosure.
The device includes a slider comprising a reader, a writer, and an optical waveguide …

Disclosed are sliders for data storage devices, and data storage devices incorporating such
sliders. A slider comprises a leading edge and an air-bearing surface (ABS). The ABS …