Near field transducers including nitride materials

T Zhao, S Sahoo, MC Kautzky, AV Itagi - US Patent 9,224,416, 2015 - Google Patents
5,849,093 5,945,681 6,130,436 6,144,098 6,589,676 6,632,483 6,641,932 6,683,426
6,795,630 6,999,384 7,002,228 7,018,729 7,032,427 7,262,936 7,272,079 7,330.404 …

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

Y Cheng, T Zhao, MC Kautzky, EF Rejda… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the
peg having five Surfaces thereof, and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least one …

HAMR NFT materials with improved thermal stability

M Zhu, T Zhao, SC Riemer, MC Kautzky - US Patent 9,251,837, 2016 - Google Patents
An apparatus that includes a near field transducer, the near field transducer including silver
(Ag) and at least one other element or compound, wherein the at least one other element or …

Devices including a gas barrier layer

Y Cheng, S Franzen, EF Rejda, KW Wierman… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT); a gas barrier layer positioned on at least
a portion of the NFT, and a wear resistance layer positioned on at least a portion of the gas …

Devices including a near field transducer and at least one associated adhesion layer

VK Sankar, T Zhao, Y Zhao, MC Kautzky… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the
peg having five surfaces thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least one …

HAMR NFT materials with improved thermal stability

T Zhao, MC Kautzky, WA Challener… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A near field transducer includes gold and at least one dopant. The dopant can include at
least one of: Cu, Rh, Ru, Ag, Ta, Cr, Al, Zr, V, Pd, Ir, Co, W, Ti, Mg, Fe, or Mo. The dopant …

Near-field transducer peg encapsulation

JG Wessel, S Sahoo, MC Kautzky - US Patent 9,099,117, 2015 - Google Patents
A near field transducer with a peg region, an enlarged region disposed adjacent the peg
region, and a barrier material disposed between the peg region and the enlarged region …

Devices including at least one intermixing layer

Y Cheng, T Zhao, MC Kautzky, EF Rejda… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
5,849,093 5,945,681 6,130,436 6,144,098 6,589,676 6,632,483 6,641,932 6,683,426 6,909,
103 7,018,729 7,377,228 7,476,855 7,544,958 7,609,003 7.965, 464 7.998, 607 8,031,561 …

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

Y Cheng, T Zhao, MC Kautzky, EF Rejda… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A device including a near field transducer, the near field transducer including gold (Au),
silver (Ag), copper (Cu), or aluminum (Al), and at least two other secondary atoms, the at …

Devices including at least one intermixing layer

Y Cheng, T Zhao, MC Kautzky, EF Rejda… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
5,849,093 5,945,681 6,130,436 6,144,098 6,589,676 6,632,483 6,641,932 6,683,426 6,909,
103 7,018,729 7,377,228 7,476,855 7,544,958 7,609,003 7.965, 464 7.998, 607 8,031,561 …