Characteristics of thermally assisted magnetic recording in granular perpendicular media
- NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, 1-10-11 Kinuta, Setagaya, Tokyo 157-8510 (Japan)
- Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd., 4-18-1 Chikuma, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-0821 (Japan)
The effect of thermally assisted magnetic recording using granular perpendicular media with a single-pole-trimmed head has been investigated. A read/write experiment using a spin stand in which the media were heated by laser irradiation demonstrated that the track average amplitude strongly depends on both the position of the write head relative to the center of the laser spot in the down-track direction and on the laser power. Although the signal-to-noise ratio increased with the coercivity of the media, the increment was small; this is thought to be caused by an increase in the switching field distribution of the media with temperature. Our results suggest that the magnetic constant of the media must be optimized with respect to the temperature of writing in order for high-density thermally assisted magnetic recording to be realized.
- OSTI ID:
- 21190152
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 7; Conference: 53. annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Austin, TX (United States), 10-14 Nov 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3073959; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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