Near field optical head and information recording and reproducing apparatus mounted with the near field optical head

摘要

In order to provide a near field light head capable of guiding light efficiently to a near field light generating element, capable of being fabricated easily and at low cost and in correspondence with small-sized formation and thin-sized formation, the near field light head of the present invention has a transparent board 101 includes a near field light generating element 102 at a lower face thereof. An upper face or inside of the transparent board 101 is formed with a lens 103 to be opposed to the near field light generating element 102. The upper face of the transparent board 101 is mounted with a single mode fiber 104. The single mode fiber 104 is successively connected with a graded index (GI) fiber 105 and a coreless fiber 106. An end face of the coreless fiber 106 which is not connected to the GI fiber 105 constitutes a reflecting face 107 constituting 45 degrees relative to the upper face of the transparent board 101. The reflecting face 107 is arranged right above the lens 103.