Patent ID: 8493819

Claim:
A near-field light generating element which propagates a light flux introduced to one end side while focusing the light flux toward the other end side, and emits a near-field light to an outside after generating the near-field light from the light flux, the element comprising: a first core that propagates the light flux toward the other end side; and a near-field light generating portion which is placed along a propagation direction of the light flux from the one end side toward the other end side in the first core, and generates the near-field light from the light flux, wherein the near-field light generating portion has a base portion placed on one side surface of the first core along the propagation direction, and an extending portion extended from the base portion toward the other end side along the propagation direction rather than the first core, the other end side of the extending portion is exposed to the outside, and has a top portion projected toward a direction intersecting to a plane direction of the one side surface of the first core, and wherein an end surface of the first core situated at the other end side is inclined so that an angle formed between the end surface and the one side surface becomes an acute angle.