INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS

摘要

The present invention relates to an information recording and reproduction apparatus 1 which records the information on a disk D by heating the disk D with near-field light and causing magnetization reversal by applying a recording magnetic field to the disk D. A laser light source 20 is disposed in a base portion 15 of a carriage 11. An optical waveguide which introduces light beam emitted from the laser light source 20 into a slider 2 is provided.