Abstract:
A magnetic disk 10 for use in perpendicular magnetic recording has at least a magnetic recording layer on a substrate 1. The magnetic recording layer is composed of a ferromagnetic layer 5 of a granular structure containing silicon (Si) or an oxide of silicon (Si) between crystal grains containing cobalt (Co), a stacked layer 7 having a first layer containing cobalt (Co) or a Co alloy and a second layer containing palladium (Pd) or platinum (Pt), and a spacer layer 6 interposed between the ferromagnetic layer 5 and the stacked layer 7. After forming the ferromagnetic layer 5 on the substrate 1 by sputtering in an argon gas atmosphere, the stacked layer 7 is formed by sputtering in the argon gas atmosphere at a gas pressure lower than that used when forming the ferromagnetic layer 5.
Abstract:
Perpendicular recording media with sublayers of dual oxide dopant magnetic materials are disclosed. The magnetic layer may comprise multiple sublayers of magnetic materials. In each sublayer, dual oxide dopants are incorporated. The compositions of the sublayers can be the same or different depending on the application. The magnetic layer may be deposited using a target comprising a mixture of CoPtCrB and dual oxides as dopants. The layer deposited with such targets can be the entire magnetic layer or a sublayer.
Abstract:
A magnetic-recording medium which is provided on a nonmagnetic substrate with at least an orientation-controlling layer for controlling the orientation of a layer formed directly thereon, a perpendicularly magnetic layer having an easily magnetizing axis oriented mainly perpendicularly relative to the nonmagnetic substrate, and a protective layer. The perpendicularly magnetic layer includes two or more magnetic layers, at least one of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Pt as well and containing an oxide, and at least another of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Cr as well and containing no oxide.
Abstract:
A multilayered three-dimensional media having a plurality of magnetic sublayers, each of the magnetic sublayers being separated from one another by a non-magnetic layer. The plurality of magnetic sublayers can be a stack of one or more coupled Co/Pd or Co/Pt layers; a layer of Co—Cr alloys optionally containing TiO2, SiO2, C, Pt, and B; a stack of one or more Co—Cr—Pt/Pt layers; a stack of one or more Co—Cr—Pd/Pd layers; and/or a stack of one or more layers of Fe—Pt, Fe—Pd, Co—Pt, and Co—Pd materials in an L10 phase. The non-magnetic layers are Pd, Pt, Ti, Ta, Cu, Au, Ag, MgO, or/and ITO. In addition, a multilayered three-dimensional recording system is disclosed, which includes a three-dimensional media, the three-dimensional media includes a plurality of magnetic sublayers, wherein each magnetic sublayer is adapted for writing data to; and a recording head having a trailing edge, and wherein the trailing edge has a higher permeability than the recording head.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording system uses an exchange-spring type of perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The medium has a recording layer (RL) that includes a lower media layer (ML) and a multilayer exchange-spring layer (ESL) above the ML. The high anisotropy field (high-Hk) lower ML and the multilayer ESL are exchange-coupled across a coupling layer. The multilayer ESL has at least two ESLs separated by a coupling layer, with each of the ESLs having an Hk substantially less than the Hk of the ML. The exchange-spring structure with the multilayer ESL takes advantage of the fact that the write field magnitude and write field gradient vary as a function of distance from the write pole. The thicknesses and Hk values of each of the ESLs can be independently varied to optimize the overall recording performance of the medium.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed that exhibits reduced media noise and enhanced thermal stability of recorded magnetization, and thus provides a medium of high recording density and excellent read-write performance. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic film on a nonmagnetic substrate. The magnetic film is a multilayered lamination film composed of alternately laminated first magnetic layers of cobalt and second magnetic layers of palladium, the second magnetic layers containing SiO2. By setting a ratio of Ku2 to Ku to a value not smaller than a specified value, the compatibility between the ease of writing-in to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium by a head and the thermal stability of recorded magnetization is more improved.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium which is provided on a nonmagnetic substrate 1 with at least an orientation-controlling layer 3 for controlling the orientation of a layer formed directly thereon, a perpendicularly magnetic layer 4 having an easily magnetizing axis oriented mainly perpendicularly relative to the nonmagnetic substrate 1, and a protective layer 5 and characterized in that the perpendicularly magnetic layer 4 includes two or more magnetic layers, that at least one of the magnetic layers is a layer 4a having Co as a main component and containing Pt as well and containing an oxide and that at least another of the magnetic layers is a layer 4b having Co as a main component and containing Cr as well and containing no oxide.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium of the perpendicular type, for a disc drive. The magnetic recording material includes a Cobalt alloy layer interspersed with a noble metal layer. The initial graded material is paramagnetic to increase to the magnetic properties of perpendicular recording media into increase the signal to noise ratio. The final recording layer has 8-20 alternating multilayer of the Cobalt alloy and a noble metal.
Abstract:
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium having a flat surface and a strong exchange bias field, and excellent in thermal stability. The method for producing a magnetic recording medium related to the present invention comprising a nonmagnetic substrate 1, a metal underlayer 2, and a ferromagnetic metal layer 3 formed successively in multilayer. The method comprises a step of forming the ferromagnetic layer 3 where ferromagnetic films 3a, 3b and one or more nonmagnetic metal spacer layer 4 are alternately formed in a multilayer and a step of allowing at least the interface of the nonmagnetic metal spacer layers 4 to physically adsorb oxygen and/or nitrogen.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to perpendicular magnetic recording media with improved signal-to-medium noise ratio (“SMNR”) and thermal stability, which media include a pair of vertically spaced-apart perpendicular ferromagnetic layers which are anti-ferromagnetically coupled (“AFC”) across a non-magnetic spacer layer. The invention is of particular utility in the fabrication of data/information storage and retrieval media, e.g., hard disks, having ultra-high areal recording/storage densities.