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Title: Thermal modeling of head disk interface system in heat assisted magnetic recording

Abstract

A thorough understanding of the temperature profiles introduced by the heat assisted magnetic recording is required to maintain the hotspot at the desired location on the disk with minimal heat damage to other components. Here, we implement a transient mesoscale modeling methodology termed lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for phonons (which are primary carriers of energy) in the thermal modeling of the head disk interface (HDI) components, namely, carbon overcoat (COC). The LBM can provide more accurate results compared to conventional Fourier methodology by capturing the nanoscale phenomena due to ballistic heat transfer. We examine the in-plane and out-of-plane heat transfer in the COC via analyzing the temperature profiles with a continuously focused and pulsed laser beam on a moving disk. Larger in-plane hotspot widening is observed in continuously focused laser beam compared to a pulsed laser. A pulsed laser surface develops steeper temperature gradients compared to continuous hotspot. Furthermore, out-of-plane heat transfer from the COC to the media is enhanced with a continuous laser beam then a pulsed laser, while the temperature takes around 140 fs to reach the bottom surface of the COC. Our study can lead to a realistic thermal model describing novel HDI material design criteria formore » the next generation of hard disk drives with ultra high recording densities.« less

Authors:
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  1. Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 440-746 (Korea, Republic of)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22273717
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 17; Conference: 55. annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Atlanta, GA (United States), 14-18 Nov 2010; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CARBON; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES; MAGNETIC DISKS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHONONS; PULSES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TRANSIENTS

Citation Formats

Vemuri, Sesha Hari, Seung Chung, Pil, Jhon, Myung S., E-mail: mj3a@andrew.cmu.edu, and Min Kim, Hyung. Thermal modeling of head disk interface system in heat assisted magnetic recording. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4866698.
Vemuri, Sesha Hari, Seung Chung, Pil, Jhon, Myung S., E-mail: mj3a@andrew.cmu.edu, & Min Kim, Hyung. Thermal modeling of head disk interface system in heat assisted magnetic recording. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866698
Vemuri, Sesha Hari, Seung Chung, Pil, Jhon, Myung S., E-mail: mj3a@andrew.cmu.edu, and Min Kim, Hyung. 2014. "Thermal modeling of head disk interface system in heat assisted magnetic recording". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866698.
@article{osti_22273717,
title = {Thermal modeling of head disk interface system in heat assisted magnetic recording},
author = {Vemuri, Sesha Hari and Seung Chung, Pil and Jhon, Myung S., E-mail: mj3a@andrew.cmu.edu and Min Kim, Hyung},
abstractNote = {A thorough understanding of the temperature profiles introduced by the heat assisted magnetic recording is required to maintain the hotspot at the desired location on the disk with minimal heat damage to other components. Here, we implement a transient mesoscale modeling methodology termed lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for phonons (which are primary carriers of energy) in the thermal modeling of the head disk interface (HDI) components, namely, carbon overcoat (COC). The LBM can provide more accurate results compared to conventional Fourier methodology by capturing the nanoscale phenomena due to ballistic heat transfer. We examine the in-plane and out-of-plane heat transfer in the COC via analyzing the temperature profiles with a continuously focused and pulsed laser beam on a moving disk. Larger in-plane hotspot widening is observed in continuously focused laser beam compared to a pulsed laser. A pulsed laser surface develops steeper temperature gradients compared to continuous hotspot. Furthermore, out-of-plane heat transfer from the COC to the media is enhanced with a continuous laser beam then a pulsed laser, while the temperature takes around 140 fs to reach the bottom surface of the COC. Our study can lead to a realistic thermal model describing novel HDI material design criteria for the next generation of hard disk drives with ultra high recording densities.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4866698},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22273717}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 17,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}