Magnetic recording head with protruding spin torque oscillator

1. A magnetic recording and reproducing head comprising:

a writing head section; and

a reproducing head section,

the writing head section including:

a main magnetic pole;

a laminated body including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer;

a pair of electrodes operable to pass a current through the laminated body; and

a coil juxtaposed to the main magnetic pole and supplied with a writing signal,

a lamination direction of the laminated body being substantially parallel to a medium moving direction, and

in a first direction parallel to an air bearing surface and perpendicular to the lamination direction, a first part of the laminated body protruding beyond an end of a surface of the main magnetic pole facing the laminated body.

2. The head according to claim 1 , wherein plural parts of the laminated body protrude beyond an end of a surface of the main magnetic pole facing the laminated body, and the plural parts have different shapes.

3. The head according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first part of the laminated body in the first direction is not less than a domain wall width of the first magnetic layer.

4. The head according to claim 1 , further comprising a shield, wherein the laminated body is sandwiched between the shield and the main magnetic pole.

5. The head according to claim 1 , further comprising further comprising a magnetic film provided on at least one side of the laminated body in the first direction.

6. The head according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic layer is made of a magnetic material having a lower coercivity and a higher saturation magnetic flux density than that of the second magnetic layer.

7. The head according to claim 5 , wherein the magnetic film is made of a magnetic material having higher coercivity than that of the first magnetic layer.

8. The head according to claim 1 , wherein a second part of the laminated body protrudes in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction beyond the end of the surface, and a length of the first part that protrudes in the first direction is different from a length of the second part that protrudes in the second direction.

9. The head according to claim 1 , wherein

the main magnetic pole protrudes in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction beyond an end of a surface of the laminated body facing the main magnetic pole.

10. A magnetic recording apparatus comprising:

a magnetic recording medium;

a magnetic recording and reproducing head including:

a writing head section; and

a reproducing head section,

the writing head section including:

a main magnetic pole;

a laminated body including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and

a pair of electrodes operable to pass a current through the laminated body,

a lamination direction of the laminated body being substantially parallel to a medium moving direction, and

in a first direction parallel to an air bearing surface and perpendicular to the lamination direction, a first part of the laminated body protruding beyond an end of a surface of the main magnetic pole facing the laminated body; and

a coil juxtaposed to the main magnetic pole and supplied with a writing signal;

a moving mechanism configured to allow relative movement between the magnetic recording medium and the magnetic recording head which are opposed to each other with a spacing therebetween or in contact with each other;

a controller configured to position the magnetic recording head at a prescribed recording position of the magnetic recording medium; and

a signal processing unit configured to perform writing and reading of a signal on the magnetic recording medium by using the magnetic recording head.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein plural parts of the laminated body protrude beyond an end of a surface of the main magnetic pole facing the laminated body, and the plural parts have different shapes.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the first part of the laminated body in the first direction is not less than a domain wall width of the first magnetic layer.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a shield, wherein the laminated body is sandwiched between the shield and the main magnetic pole.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a magnetic film provided on at least one side of the laminated body in the first direction.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first magnetic layer is made of a magnetic material having a lower coercivity and a higher saturation magnetic flux density than that of the second magnetic layer.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a second part of the laminated body protrudes in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction beyond the end of the surface, and a length of the first part that protrudes in the first direction is different from a length of the second part that protrudes in the second direction.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the laminated body in the writing head section is provided on a trailing side of the main magnetic pole.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the laminated body in the writing head section is provided on a leading side of the main magnetic pole.

19. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the magnetic recording medium is a discrete track medium in which adjacent recording tracks are formed via a nonmagnetic member.

20. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the magnetic recording medium is a discrete bit medium in which magnetic recording dots isolated by a nonmagnetic member are regularly arranged.