Patent ID: 7468864

Claim:
A magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording comprising: a medium facing surface that faces toward a recording medium; a coil for generating a magnetic field corresponding to data to be written on the recording medium; a pole layer having an end located in the medium facing surface, allowing a magnetic flux corresponding to the field generated by the coil to pass therethrough, and generating a write magnetic field for writing the data on the recording medium through the use of a perpendicular magnetic recording system; and a substrate on which the pole layer and the coil are stacked, wherein: the end of the pole layer located in the medium facing surface has: a first side close to the substrate; a second side located opposite to the first side; a third side connecting an end of the first side to an end of the second side; and a fourth side connecting the other end of the first side to the other end of the second side; the second side defines a track width; and the end of the pole layer has a width that decreases as a distance from the first side decreases, the magnetic head further comprising: a pole-layer-encasing layer made of a nonmagnetic material and having a groove in which the pole layer is placed; and a nonmagnetic film made of a nonmagnetic insulating material or a nonmagnetic semiconductor material and disposed in the groove in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the encasing layer and the pole layer, wherein the pole layer incorporates: a first layer located at a position in the groove closer to a surface of the groove; and a second layer located at a position in the groove farther from the surface of the groove, wherein the first layer is sandwiched between the surface of the groove and the second layer.