Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – General recording or reproducing – Thermomagnetic recording or transducers
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-03
2006-01-03
Hudspeth, David (Department: 2651)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
General recording or reproducing
Thermomagnetic recording or transducers
C369S013330
Reexamination Certificate
active
06982844
ABSTRACT:
Electromagnetic radiation from an optical source is directed onto a metallic structure. The metallic structure in turn emits optical output from an emission region in the structure and onto a recording medium (e.g., a magnetic recording disk), thereby heating the medium. The output from the emission region is enhanced due to surface plasmons in the metallic structure. The surface plasmons are generated by an array of features (such as ridges or trenches) in the metallic structure and act to increase the emitted optical output from the emission region beyond what the emitted optical output from the emission region would be in the absence of these features. The apparatus and associated method are useful for data recording, e.g., thermally assisted data recording.
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Rettner Charles T.
Stipe Barry C.
Johnson Daniel E.
Rodriguez Glenda P.
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