Structural effects on exchange in nanocluster perpendicular recording media

Recording performances in perpendicular magnetic patterned media

We report on the recording performances and signal-to-noise ratio analyses of perpendicular magnetic bit-patterned media. Two different types of magnetic samples are investigated. They differ by the way that they were patterned (nano-imprint versus e-beam lithography) as well as their magnetic properties (Co/Pt multilayers and CoCrPt alloy are the recording layers). By using a contact read/writ...

Magnetic Layers for Perpendicular Recording Media

Hard disk drives (HDDs) are recently being incorporated into video recorders, car navigation devices, family game machines, etc., as devices (AV-HDDs) to store digital AV (audio-visual) information such as movies and television programs. Because the AV-HDD has the features of large capacity, high speed and low cost, it is suitable for long-time recording, high-speed random access and multi-chan...

Iterative Method for Intrinsic Viscosity Measurements on Perpendicular Recording Media

In this paper, we introduce a new method that allows to directly measure the intrinsic viscosity ( ) for perpendicular media using a vibrating sample magnetometer. The measurement is carried out in a number of iterations. In each iteration, the behavior of applied field ( ) with time is gradually adjusted according to the change in the internal field ( ) calculated from the relaxation behavior ...

Magnetic Nanoparticle Arrays Self-Assembled on Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media

We study magnetic-field directed self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles onto templates recorded on perpendicular magnetic recording media, and quantify feature width and height as a function of assembly time. Feature widths are determined from Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, while heights are obtained with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). For short assembly times, widths were ~150 nm,...

Recording characteristics of perpendicular magnetic media with CoZrNb, NiFeNb, and exchange-pinned NiFeNb soft magnetic underlayers