Magnetic recording head and disk drive provided therewith

摘要

According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of a recording medium, a trailing shield opposed to the main pole with a write gap therebetween, and a high-frequency oscillator between the main pole and the trailing shield in a range of a width of the main pole in a track width direction, and configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The high-frequency oscillator includes a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, and at least the oscillation layer comprises divided oscillation regions.

主权项

1. A magnetic recording head comprising:
a magnetic pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field; a write shield opposed to the magnetic pole with a write gap between the magnetic pole and the write shield; and a high-frequency oscillator between the magnetic pole and the write shield in a range of a width of the magnetic pole, the high-frequency oscillator configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field, wherein the high-frequency oscillator comprises a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, which are laminated in a laminating direction, and at least the oscillation layer comprises a surface perpendicular to the laminating direction, a slit or a notch formed in the surface of the oscillation layer to pierce the oscillation layer, the intermediate layer, and the spin injection layer, and two oscillation regions divided by the slit or the notch, the slit or the notch extends in parallel to an air bearing surface of the recording head, and the two oscillation regions of the oscillation layer are aligned one above the other in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface of the recording head with the slit or the notch between the two oscillation regions, and one of the two oscillation regions is exposed in the air bearing surface and the other oscillation region is apart from the air bearing surface in the direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface.