Patent ID: 8908480

Claim:
An energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) disk drive including a media comprising: a slider; at least one laser coupled with the slider, the at least one laser including at least one laser resonance cavity; at least one electro-optical modulator (EAM) optically coupled with the at least one laser and coupled with the slider, the at least one laser and the at least one EAM providing a pulsed energy output by at least one of the EAM modulating a laser signal output from the at least one laser such that the EAM outputs the pulsed energy output and the EAM modulating the at least one laser resonance cavity such that the at least one laser provides the pulsed energy output; and at least one EAMR head on the slider, the at least one EAMR head including at least one waveguide, a write pole, and at least one coil for energizing the write pole, the at least one waveguide for receiving the pulsed energy output and directing the pulsed energy output toward the media.