A small, high-precision, and cheap flying recording head having high
mass-productivity, high recording density, and high transfer rate, a disk
drive, and a method of manufacturing the flying recording head are
disclosed. The flying recording head is manufactured by forming a
semiconductor laser oscillation region by growing a semiconductor crystal
on a rear end surface of a substrate made of a single crystal such as
sapphire, and forming a air bearing surface in an output surface of the
semiconductor laser and the substrate.
