A magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording includes a slider
having an air bearing surface (ABS) and a trailing surface and a
transducer fabricated on the trailing surface. The transducer includes a
magnetoresistive (MR) read element disposed within a gap material bounded
by shield material, an adjunct pole, and a main pole formed in an
adjacent layered relationship to the adjunct pole. The adjunct pole has a
front edge that is recessed from the ABS and a rear edge. The main pole
has a write tip that extends approximately to the ABS. The transducer
further includes a write coil having a first layer of turns below the
adjunct pole and above the shield material. The magnetic head also
includes a heating element with a portion of the heating element below
the write coil and behind the rear edge of the adjunct pole.