CoCrPt-SiO{sub 2} granular-type longitudinal media on Ru underlayer for sputtered tape applications
- Data Storage Systems Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 (United States)
CoCrPt-SiO{sub 2} films for use as thin film tape media have been investigated. Bias sputtering and high Ar pressure were utilized to achieve desirable media properties (good in-plane orientation and enhanced grain decoupling) in these media. The in-plane orientation of the bias sputtered CoCrPt-SiO{sub 2} magnetic layer was well maintained even at a high content of SiO{sub 2} as Ru was used as an underlayer and deposited at high Ar pressure. Films of (10.0) textured CoCrPt-SiO{sub 2} on a Ru underlayer showed a large in-plane coercivity of 4000 Oe and transmission electron microscopy revealed an average grain size of about 10 nm, well decoupled by the oxide. The in-plane coercivity was a strong function of the Ru thickness.
- OSTI ID:
- 21137334
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 103; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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