Abstract:
Ion irradiation is applied to the surface of a recording layer which has a granular structure containing ferromagnetic particles which are composed of an L10 ordered alloy and a non-magnetic intergranular layer, thereby the ferromagnetic particles in the side of the substrate are transformed into an L10 ordered alloy having a high magnetic anisotropy, and the ferromagnetic particles in the side of the surface of the medium are transformed into an A1 disordered alloy having a low magnetic anisotropy.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium including a recording layer in which at least two magnetic layers are layered on a non-magnetic substrate; and a magnetic head including a main magnetic pole for applying a recording magnetic field in a direction substantially perpendicular to a recording face of the magnetic recording medium and a microwave generating element that generates a microwave magnetic field. The relationship between a thickness Ts of a magnetic layer having a lowest magnetic anisotropy energy among the at least two magnetic layers composing the recording layer of the magnetic recording medium, and a thickness Tt of the recording layer is Ts/Tt≦0.2. The microwave generating element applies the microwave magnetic field having a width broader than the width of the recording magnetic field generated by the main magnetic pole of the magnetic head to the magnetic recording medium.
Abstract:
A magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole used to apply a recording signal magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium and also includes a microwave line through which a microwave alternating current is transferred. The microwave line is connected to the main magnetic pole. The entire end surface of the main magnetic pole is positioned closer to air bearing surface than a connection portion at which the microwave line and main magnetic pole are mutually connected. Therefore, microwave assisted magnetic recording is possible without deteriorating the recording signal magnetic field.
Abstract:
A measuring circuit system in a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the invention has an amplifier and a band-pass filter connected in sequence on an output terminal side of the TMR element, the band-pass filter is a narrow-range band-pass filter such that a peak pass frequency of the filter that is a center is a basic frequency selected from a range of 10 to 40 GHz and a band width centered around the basic frequency is a narrow range of ±0.5 to ±4 GHz; and with the measuring circuit system, an S/N ratio (SNR) of 3 dB or greater is obtained, the SNR being defined by a ratio of an amplitude S of a high-frequency generated signal induced by the TMR element to a total noise N that is a sum of a head noise generated by the TMR element and a circuit noise generated by the amplifier. With such a configuration, an in-plane high-frequency magnetic field generated by a microwave-assisted magnetic head is reliably and precisely measured.