Iridium film with a thin iridium template layer for a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) writer

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with optical-coupling multilayer between the recording layer and heat-sink layer

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

MATERIALS FOR NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS CONTAINING SAME

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Optical recording medium

Substrate heat channels for heat assisted magnetic recording for reader over writer transducer application

Method for forming TE to TM mode converter of heat-assisted magnetic recording head

Methods of forming materials for at least a portion of a NFT and NFTs formed using the same

Fixed position controller and method

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including a main pole and a plasmon generator

Magnetic devices with overcoats

Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of forming

Plasmon generator including a main body and a front protrusion

Devices including near field transducer and adhesion layer

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including a main pole and a plasmon generator

Methods of forming materials for at least a portion of a NFT and NFTs formed using the same

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Near-field transducer with multiple heat sinks

Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layers

Interfering near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recording

Thermal assisted magnetic recording head utilizing uncoupled light

Plasmonic transducer having two metal elements with a gap disposed therebetween

Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layers

Recording head structure

Magnetic devices with overcoats

Devices including near field transducer and adhesion layers

Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of forming

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Methods of forming materials for at least a portion of a NFT and NFTs formed using the same

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Plasmon generator having flare shaped section

Information recording medium including a first resonance enhancing film and recording layer, information device, and method for producing information recording medium

Detection device, information reproduction device, drive device, sensor, and detection method

Optical information apparatus and gap control method thereof

Optical information reproduction device, optical information reproduction method, and information recording medium

Plasmonic transducer having two metal elements with a gap disposed therebetween

Optical recording medium, recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reproducing method

Optical disk apparatus

Apparatus for reading from and/or writing to a near-field optical recording medium

OBJECTIVE LENS, LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DRIVE DEVICE

Optical information reproduction device, optical information recording device, optical information reproduction method, and optical information recording method

Near-field transducers for focusing light

NEAR-FIELD LIGHT EMITTER, LIGHT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND LIGHT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE

Optical pickup, optical disk drive device, optical information recording device, and optical information reproduction device

Recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/producing system

Method and apparatus for reading from a near-field optical recording medium, and near-field lens for the apparatus

Recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/producing system

OPTICAL PICKUP, OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, COMPUTER, OPTICAL DISK RECORDER, AND MINUTE SPOT FORMING METHOD

Apparatus for increasing data rates in a magnetic head

LIGHT SPOT FORMING ELEMENT, OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD, AND OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE

Information recording medium, information supply system, and optical information device

HIGH-RESOLUTION READ HEAD FOR AN OPTICAL DISK

SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD, AND OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS

RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDER

OBJECTIVE LENS, LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DRIVE APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

Optical information reproducing device, optical information reproducing method and integrated circuit

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION DEVICE

Near-field light generating device, recording head, and recording device

NEAR-FIELD LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDER

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including plasmon generator

Lens pull-in method for near-field optical accessing system

Nano-fabricated plasmonic optical transformer

OPTICAL HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

COLLISION PREVENTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BETWEEN RECORDING MEDIUM AND LENS

Extraordinary light transmission apparatus and method

Tilt control method of near-field optical system

TILT ADJUSTMENT CONTROL METHOD OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SYSTEM

Optical Recording Head And Optical Recording Apparatus

High data density optical recording medium

Waveguide, recording head, and recording device

Head gimbal assembly using near-field light and information recording and reproducing apparatus including the same

Meta-material slab with anisotropic permittivity

Optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus, optical information recording and/or reproducing method, optical information recording medium, and solid immersion lens

MULTIPLEXED DATA STORAGE METHOD

Optical disc apparatus and optical disc recording/reproducing method

Near-field optical recording apparatus, method and medium

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING TILT OF RECORDING MEDIUM

Objective lens and optical pickup comprising the objective lens

Objective lens and optical data storage apparatus comprising the objective lens

Optical head device and optical disk playback system

Tip type probe manufacturing method, tip type probe and tip type probe manufacturing apparatus

RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDER

Optical device and optical apparatus

Optical recording/reproduction method, optical recording/reproduction device, program, and optical recording medium

Near-field light generating device including near-field light generating element disposed over waveguide with buffer layer and adhesion layer therebetween

Integrated heat assisted magnetic recording device

Near-field light generating element having two different angles

OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF

Near field optical disc and near field optical disc reading apparatus

Information recording medium and method for producing same, and sputtering target

Optical system for compensating for coma aberration and/or spherical aberration in an optical pickup device and optical pickup device having the same

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with near-field light generating element

Optical system for compensating for spherical aberration and/or coma aberration in an optical pickup device and optical pickup device having the same

LENS UNIT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING TO AND/OR REPRODUCING FROM A RECORDING MEDIUM

Optical recording head and optical recording apparatus

Optical information recorder/reproducer, optical information recording/reproducing method and control circuit

Information recording medium and recording/reproducing method for the same

Surface plasmon polariton direction change device, read/write head, laser-assisted magnetic recording apparatus, and optical circuit

Near-field light generating device including surface plasmon generating element

Solid immersion lens and related method for making same

Ridge wave-guide for thermal assisted magnetic recording

Optical disc apparatus and optical disc drive control method

Recording/reproduction apparatus and recording/reproduction system

Recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/reproducing system

INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE

Near-field light generating element comprising surface plasmon antenna with surface or edge opposed to waveguide

INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE

Near-field optical head having tapered hole for guiding light beam

Near-field light generating device and optically-assisted magnetic recording device with absorbing waveguide

INTEGRATED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND NEAR FIELD LASER

Optical recording system to record information with light

Near-field transducers for focusing light

INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE

Near-field light detection element and information reproducing medium reproducing method

Device and method for recording and/or reproducing data onto/from information recording medium by using near-field light and information recording medium

Near field light generating device, optically assisted magnetic recording head, optically assisted magnetic recording device, near field optical microscope and near field light exposure apparatus

Compatible near field optical recording/reproducing apparatus

Light source device, observation device, and processing device

Optical recording head, optical recording head manufacturing method and recording/reproducing device

Polarization near-field transducer having optical conductive blades

Near-field optical head with inclined magnetic poles and information recording/reproducing device

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head constituted of slider and light source unit, and manufacturing method of the head

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC

Heat assisted magnetic recording head comprising plasmon antenna with flat surfaces opposed to medium

Heat-assisted magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording apparatus with the medium

Magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, and magnetic recording/reproducing method

Planar plasmon antenna for use in near-field recording

Recording head and data recording and reproducing apparatus

Solid immersion focusing apparatus for high-density heat assisted recording

Information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method

Optical recording using a waveguide structure and a phase change medium

OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING PARTICLE, METHOD FOR REPRODUCING OPTICAL INFORMATION, OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR RECORDING OPTICAL INFORMATION, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS

Optical scanning device and method for scanning

Head gimbal mechanism and information recording/reproducing apparatus

Recording/reproducing apparatus and tracking control method

Optical information apparatus with gap control system

Signal detecting device and signal detecting method

Information storage apparatus and information recording method in which recording is carried out by propagating plasmons along a network of metal rods provided in a recording medium

OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETO-OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS

Optical scanning device and method for determining focus position

GAP PULL-IN METHOD FOR NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL DISK DRIVER AND OPTICAL DISK DRIVING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD

Slider, integrated slider, and hybrid storage device

OPTICAL DISC READING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFORE

Near-field light-emitting element and optical head

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH A SMALL APERTURE, USING RADIALLY POLARIZED RADIATION

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENHANCED ROBUSTNESS OF NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SYSTEMS

Magnetic Recording Medium and Recording/Reproducing Apparatus Therefor

Optical pickup device and recording/reproducing device

Fabrication method and fabrication apparatus of head using near field light

Optical head for near-field recording and reproducing device

Optical component operating in near-field transmission

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND/OR READING AN OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIUM FOR USE IN SUCH SYSTEM

SOLID IMMERSION LENS (SIL) NEAR-FIELD SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TILT

Gap servo control method and apparatus in near-field optical disc drive

Near field optical recording/reproducing apparatus and method of normalizing gap error signal of the same

OPTICAL STORAGE INTERFACE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN OPTICAL STORAGE INTERFACE

Data Recording/Reproducing Method and Apparatus

Optical pickup apparatus, optical read/write apparatus, and gap control method

Apparatus for Reproducing and/or Recording and Recording Medium

Near-field recording head capable of directly forming light source in slider

Data writing with plasmon resonator

OPTICAL DISC READING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFORE

Optical fiber illuminator, method of fabricating optical fiber illuminator, and optical recording head and optical recording and reading apparatus having the optical fiber illuminator

NEAR FIELD OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A NEAR FIELD OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE

Solid immersion lens and focusing lens, optical pickup device, and data recording/reproducing apparatus using the same

Gap controller and optical information processor

Optical system with superlens

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE

Electromagnetic field generating element, information recording/reproducing head and information recording/reproduction apparatus

Frequency-modulated coding and data recording and storage using plasmonic nanostructures

LIGHT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD APPARATUS, LIGHT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, AND LIGHT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD

Optical disc media type confirmation method

Optical pickup device, optical recording/reproducing apparatus and gap-control method

Optical disk apparatus and method of driving the same

Servo control apparatus and method, and disk recording or playback apparatus

SIL NEAR-FIELD SYSTEM

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE

Near-field optical head and information recording apparatus

NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS AND FOCUS PULL-IN METHOD

Method of Moving Tracks, Method and Apparatus of Recording and/or Playback

Very small spot-size light beam forming apparatus

Optical device integrated head

Method of Cleaning an Optical Face of a Refractive Element for a Near Field Optical Scanning Apparatus and a Cleaning Device for Cleaning an Optical Face of a Refractive Element for a Near Field Optical Scanning Apparatus

Optical head

Air Gap Servo For Optical Recording

Initial focus optimization for an optical scanning device

Apparatus for focusing plasmon waves

Optical device for measuring modulated signal light

Optical pickup, recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/reproducing method

Optical Data Storage System and Method of Optical Recording and/or Reading

Optical Data Storage System and Method of Optical Recording and/or Reading

Air Gap Servo for Optical Recording

Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus

Method of Cleaning a Refractive Element and Optical Scanning Apparatus For Nearfield Optical Systems

Optical Pick-Up and/or Recording Device

Near-field light generator plate, thermally assisted magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Actuator for an Optical Scanning Device

Optical near-field generating apparatus and method and information recording and reproducing apparatus

Device And Method For Controlling Disc Runout In An Optical Disc Drive System

Tangential Disc Tilt Measurement and Corrective Action

Optical Pick-Up and/or Recording Device

Method and apparatus for the generation and control of multiple near-field light sources at subwavelength resolution

Information recording medium, information supply system, and optical information device

Bending waveguide, method of fabricating the bending waveguide, light delivery module employing the bending waveguide, and heat assisted magnetic recording head employing the bending waveguide

Optical pickup unit, apparatus for recording/reproducing data, method for controlling the apparatus, control method, and recording medium

Solid immersion lens, and condenser lens, optical pickup device, and optical recording/reproducing apparatus including the solid immersion lens

Near Field Lens-To-Carrier Approach

Optical near-field generating device, optical near-field generating method and information recording and reproducing apparatus

Disc Recording Medium, Disc Drive, and Manufactuing Method of Optical Disc

Alignment feature for near-field transducers

Recording head

Optical element and optical head

Optical scanning device

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE

Optical disk apparatus and servo control method

Optical storage system using an antenna for recording information data to a phase-change type medium

Optical head capable of providing a subwavelength beams

Optical head and optical recording apparatus

Method And Device For Automatic Disc Skew Correction

Near-field optical transducers having a tilted metallic pin

Optical near-field generator and recording and reproduction apparatus

OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS

Optical Storage Interface Aparatus

Optical near-field generator and near-field optical recording and reproduction apparatus

Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing method, and method of determining type of recording medium

Recording head and recorder

Recording head and recorder

Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus

Bi-convex solid immersion lens

Optical pickup device, recording and reproducing apparatus and gap detection method

Optical recording/reproducing apparatus, optical pickup, and tracking error detecting method

Optical disk drive with hybrid solid immersion objective lens

Planar optical device for generating optical nanojets

Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Apparatus and method for recording/reproducing data on/from a recording medium

Light delivery module and heat-assisted magnet recording head employing the same

Near field light generating device and heat assisted magnetic recording head with the same

Magnetization detecting method and apparatus

NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE

Head for thermally assisted magnetic recording device and thermally assisted magnetic recording device

Apparatus for producing near field optical head

Method for reproducing optical recording medium

Optical disk drive with micro-SIL

Optical disk drive using near-field light, optical disk apparatus, and method for driving the apparatus

Optical data storage and retrieval systems utilizing dual energy sources

Near field optical head and optical recording device

Apparatus for focusing plasmon waves

Optical pickup device and recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Optical head, information storage apparatus, optical head design apparatus, and optical head design program storage medium

Optical information recording/reproduction apparatus

Optical head and optical head device

Optical recording medium as well as optical recording and reproduction method

Optical recording and reproducing apparatus, optical head, optical recording and reproducing method and skew detection method

Optical information storage unit

Optical data storage and systems utilizing plasmon lenses

Information recording and reproducing apparatus, information recording medium and information recording apparatus

Near-field optical storage medium and optical data storage system therefor

Information recording or reproducing device and recording or reproducing method

Optical pickup for optical disk drive and driving method thereof

System for confined optical power delivery and enhanced optical transmission efficiency

Optical recording head including an optical resonant cavity

Optical-pickup slide, manufacturing method thereof, probe and manufacturing method thereof, and probe array and manufacturing method thereof

Optical head capable of providing a subwavelength beams

Method for forming optical aperture, near-field optical head, method for fabricating near-field optical head, and information recording/reading apparatus

Optical reading/writing apparatus and method

Optical recording using a waveguide structure and a phase change medium

Optical fiber illuminator, method of fabricating the optical fiber illuminator, and optical recording head and optical recording and reading apparatus having the optical fiber illuminator

Near-field light generating method and near-field optical head using a light blocking metal film having a fine opening whose size is not more than a wavelength of irradiated light, and near-field optical microscope having the optical head

Recording apparatus

Applications of acoustic waves in data storage devices

Optical element for condensing incident light

Pyramid-shaped near field probe using surface plasmon wave

Electromagnetic field generating element, information recording/reproducing head, and information recording/reproducing apparatus

Data recording and readingout system

Optical data storage system

Cantilever-type near-field probe for optical data storage and method of manufacturing the same

Optical recording and reproduction method, optical pickup device, optical recording and reproduction device, optical recording medium and method of manufacture the same, as well as semiconductor laser device

Near-field light-emitting element and optical head

Near field optical head and information recording and reproducing apparatus mounted with the near field optical head

Transducer assembly for thermally assisted writing and read back in data storage devices

Data writing with plasmon resonator

Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording

Near-field optical head system with integrated slider and laser

Optical pickup device, optical recording and reproducing apparatus and gap detection method

Optical devices having transmission enhanced by surface plasmon mode resonance, and their use in data recording

Cantilever-type near-field probe for optical data storage and method of manufacturing the same

Optical recording and reading system, optical data storage medium and use of such medium

Refracting objective optical system and optical recording/reproducing device using the same

Solid immersion lens, condensing lens, optical pickup device, optical recording and reproducing apparatus and method of forming solid immersion lens

Method of fabricating near field optical probe

Reproduction apparatus and information recording medium testing apparatus

Optical disk apparatus and control method for controlling distance between a head and a disk

Optical lens, condenser lens, optical pickup, and optical recording/reproducing apparatus

Optical device with optical recording medium having transparent heat radiating layer

Tilt control method and optical disc apparatus

Near-field optical probe

Optical head and information storage device