Patent ID: 8134794

Claim:
A method for providing a plurality of energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) heads including a plurality of sliders, each of the plurality of sliders having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the method comprising: fabricating an EAMR transducer for each of the plurality of EAMR heads on a substrate having a front face corresponding to the trailing edge of each of the plurality of sliders, the EAMR transducer being fabricated on the front face and residing at the trailing edge of the slider; providing an overcoat layer on the EAMR transducer, the overcoat layer including a plurality of transducer contacts and at least one laser contact, the EAMR transducer residing between the overcoat layer and the trailing edge; providing a laser for the EAMR transducer on each of the plurality of sliders, the laser for providing light to the EAMR transducer, the laser being electrically coupled to the at least one laser contact and electrically insulated from at least a portion of the plurality of transducer contacts, the overcoat layer residing between any portion of each of the at least one laser and the at least one EAMR transducer; enclosing the laser in a capping layer for each of the plurality of EMAR heads, the capping layer having a laser-facing surface including a laser cavity therein, at least one via, a trailing surface, and a plurality of EAMR pads on the trailing surface, the laser cavity enclosing the laser between the overcoat layer and the capping layer, the at least one via for providing electrical connection to the plurality of transducer contacts; and separating the substrate into the plurality of EAMR heads.