Slider Dynamics With Adhesive Force in Near-Field Recording

A near-field optical disk drive uses near-field optics to read/write disk data at a flying height of about 50 nm. Effects of interfacial adhesive forces, including van der Waals forces and electrostatic forces, become more evident during ultralow flying. However, the pickup head-flying-height variation is affected by the suspension, disk flutter, and air flow between the flying head and disk. An a...