A heat-assisted magnetic recording head (HAMR) head includes a magnetic
recording head including a recording pole for applying a magnetic
recording field on a magnetic recording medium and a return pole
magnetically connected to the recording pole to form a magnetic path, a
light source for emitting light, and an optical transmission module
including an photonic crystal waveguide disposed at a side of the
magnetic recording head to guide light incident from the light source and
a nano aperture for enhancing an optical field by varying an intensity
distribution of the light guided through the photonic crystal waveguide.