Wrap-Around Shielded Writer with Highly Homogeneous Shield Material

A PMR write head comprising:

• a main pole;
• a magnetic shield at least partially surrounding said main pole and formed in the ABS plane of said pole tip, wherein said shield includes a trailing shield portion and a portion including two side shields, wherein said trailing and side shield portions are formed of the same magnetic material and are formed using the same seed layers and form a substantially continuous structure, and wherein
• said trailing and side shield portions are separated from said main pole by a substantially continuous non-magnetic layer, wherein said non-magnetic layer forms a write gap layer extending laterally between inner edges of said side shields and along a trailing edge of said main pole and wherein said non-magnetic layer forms a side gap between side edges of said main pole and inner edges of said side shields.