Patent ID: 8520476
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a near-field light generating unit including a substrate transparent to light, two conductors facing each other at a predetermined distance to generate near-field light between said two conductors by irradiation of the light, the two conductors being formed on the substrate, a top surface of each of the two conductors being flush with a top surface of the substrate, the top surface of each of the two conductors spanning an entire horizontal cross-sectional area of a corresponding conductor, wherein said two conductors are arranged so that a direction along which said two conductors face to each other is substantially in parallel with the longitudinal direction of a recording mark region prepared from a predetermined recording material and having shape anisotropy when information is recorded on a recording medium on which said recording mark is independently formed.