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...

Recording properties of CoCrPt thin films sputter-deposited on polymeric substrates at room temperature were investigated. Typical frequency spectra of the readback signal from sputtered tapes at various recording densities revealed an appreciable amount of modulation noise, despite the fact that the sputtered tape is expected to be smooth and conformal with the substrate. Atomic force microsco...

Magnetization reversal mechanism in perpendicularly exchange-coupled composite hard/soft L10-FePt /CoCrPt bilayers with different soft layer thickness has been studied using magnetometry and magnetotransport measurements. For thin soft layers, the magnetization reversal process can be described by the rigid model. For thick soft layers, a different magnetization reversal process is observed whi...

We report on continued measurements using an experimental model system to quantify intergranular exchange coupling in CoCrPtoxide perpendicular magnetic recording media. A thin film multi-layered structure comprising a high coercivity CoPt unicrystal layer separated from a low coercivity CoPt layer by a thin oxide interlayer is used to model the vertically aligned grains separated by oxide boun...