CPC H01S 5/0651 (2013.01) [G11B 5/03 (2013.01); H01S 5/02453 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
1. A data storage device, comprising:
one or more disks;
an actuator arm assembly comprising one or more magnetic recording heads;
at least one laser diode corresponding to the one or more magnetic recording heads; and
one or more processing devices configured to:
initiate a write operation, wherein initiating the write operation comprises:
activating a magnetic recording head corresponding to the at least one laser diode, and
applying a forward bias to at the least one laser diode;
apply a first reverse bias to the at least one laser diode during at least one intervening event, wherein the at least one intervening event comprises an event selected from a group consisting of a track seek event and a servo wedge crossing event; and
transition from applying the first reverse bias to the at least one laser diode to applying the forward bias to the at least one laser diode.
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