Patent ID: 8486286

Claim:
A method for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) transducer coupled with a laser for providing energy and having an air-bearing surface (ABS) configured to reside in proximity to a media during use, the EAMR transducer including a near field transducer (NFT) proximate to the ABS for focusing the energy onto the region of the media, the method comprising: providing a heat sink having a bottom thermally coupled with the NFT and a top surface at an angle with respect to the ABS, the angle being greater than zero and less than ninety degrees, the heat sink having a lower portion including the bottom and an upper portion including the top, the lower portion of the heat sink having at least a first width smaller than at least a second width of the upper portion of the heat sink; providing a write pole configured to write to a region of the media, the write pole having a bottom surface thermally coupled with the top surface of the heat sink; and providing at least one coil for energizing the write pole.