| 摘要 |
<p>Provided is a light-assisted magnetic head which is compact, is hardly affected by the heat generated from the light source for a magnetic recording/reproducing unit, and can be easily assembled. A light-assisted magnetic head is provided with: a slider which has an optical wave guide, is suspended above a disc-shaped recording medium, and moves relative to said recoding medium in accordance with the rotation thereof; a light source which is attached to the side surface of the slider; and an optical element which has a deflected surface which deflects the light beam from the light source towards the optical waveguide disposed on the slider. The light beam emitted from the light source enters the optical waveguide via the deflected surface of the optical element, and exits towards the recording medium from the light-exiting edge of the optical waveguide, which faces the recording medium.</p> |
