A perpendicular magnetic recording head includes: an auxiliary pole layer; a
main
pole layer; a coil layer for providing a recording magnetic field to the auxiliary
pole layer and the main pole layer; a nonmagnetic layer; and a connection layer
magnetically coupled to the main pole layer. The nonmagnetic layer is formed on
the main pole layer to maintain the main pole layer at a predetermined height during
manufacture, allowing independent control of the track width Tw and the height
of the main pole layer. A method for manufacturing the perpendicular magnetic recording
head is also provided.
