Systems and methods for monitoring the power of a light source utilized in energy-assisted magnetic recording

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9431037
APP PUB NO 20140269236A1
SERIAL NO

13797266

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Aspects of the present invention relate to energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR), an EAMR assembly, and methods for fabricating the same. In several embodiments, an EAMR head includes a sub-mount on a slider that has a waveguide configured to receive light from a light source attached to a surface of the sub-mount. The waveguide receives the light at a top surface of the slider and routes the light to be near an air bearing surface (ABS) of the slider where energy of the light can be used to heat up a spot on a recording media disk that is proximate the ABS. The waveguide also routes a portion of the light back to the top surface of the slider where the light exits the waveguide and is detected by a light detector located along the surface of the sub-mount.

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  • WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC;WESTERN DIGITATL (FREMONT), LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Do, Khiem Ba Portola Valley, US 7 94
Goulakov, Arkadi B Fremont, US 5 335
Kozlovsky, William J Sunnyvale, US 31 523
Wang, Lei Fremont, US 2172 19391

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