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Maximizing the Plasmonic Near-Field Transducer Efficiency to Its Limit for HAMR

Plasmonic near-field transducer (NFT) facilitates optical power transfer into a nano-spot in the recording media for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Typically, impedance matching is a condition for maximum power transfer between a given source and load. Even for waveguide-NFT-media stack system, w...

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Published in:	Journal of lightwave technology 2016-02, Vol.34 (4), p.1184-1190
Main Authors:	Krishnamurthy, Vivek, Keh Ting Ng, Doris, Cen, Zhanhong, Xu, Baoxi, Wang, Qian
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Subjects:	Asymmetry Benchmark testing Efficiency heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) Impedance matching Magnetic tape Media Metals NFT efficiency Optical reflection Optical waveguides plasmonic near-field transducer Plasmonics Plasmons Power transfer Transducers Waveguides Wavelengths
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