Abstract: We propose and demonstrate a new optical near-field slider with a planar apertured probe array for optical memory. The slider was fabricated by utilizing anisotropical etching of a silicon membrane and anodic bonding of a silicon membrane and glass substrate. We also present for the first time a subwavelength-sized phase-change recording/reading by using the planar apertured probe array. Apertures were fabricated at the bottom end of the pyramidal grooves. A SiO$- 2$//AgInTe$-2$//glass substrate was used as the recording medium. By scanning the planar apertured probe array, we obtained resolved images with line width of 250 nm.!13
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