Patent ID: 8385157

Claim:
A method for writing data to a media utilizing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head, the EAMR head including a laser for providing energy and at least one EAMR transducer coupled with the laser, the EAMR transducer configured to direct the energy to at least one spot on the media and to write a plurality of tracks of data in a block, the method comprising: writing a track of the plurality of tracks on the media within the at least one spot using the EAMR transducer; stepping a track pitch along a particular radial direction on the media; repeating the writing and stepping steps until the plurality of tracks for the block is written, such that each of the plurality of tracks except a first track overlaps a previously written adjoining track along the particular radial direction and such that each track except a last track is overlapped by a next adjacent track in the block.