Patent ID: 8076246

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a thermally assisted magnetic head, the method comprising: a first multilayer body forming step of forming a first multilayer body on a first cladding layer, the first cladding layer consisting of a light-transmissive dielectric material, the first multilayer body including a core layer consisting of a light-transmissive dielectric material and a first polishing stop layer in order from the first cladding layer side; a first multilayer body patterning step of patterning the first multilayer body, so as to expose the first cladding layer about the patterned first multilayer body; a second multilayer body forming step of forming a second multilayer body on the exposed first cladding layer and patterned first multilayer body, the second multilayer body including a second cladding layer consisting of a light-transmissive dielectric material and a second polishing stop layer in order from the first cladding layer side; and a removing step of polishing away a part of the second multilayer body formed on the first multilayer body.