摘要:
A method of forming a fine pattern according to an embodiment includes: forming a hard mask on a substrate; forming a mask reinforcing member on the hard mask; forming a di-block copolymer layer on the mask reinforcing member, the di-block copolymer layer comprising a sea-island structure; forming a pattern comprising a concave-convex structure in the di-block copolymer layer, with island portions of the sea-island structure being convex portions; and transferring the pattern onto the hard mask by performing etching on the mask reinforcing member and the hard mask, with a mask being the pattern formed in the di-block copolymer layer. The mask reinforcing member is comprised of a material having an etching speed that is higher than an etching speed for the hard mask and is lower than an etching speed for sea portions of the sea-island structure of the di-block copolymer layer.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a first hard mask, a second hard mask and a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses to the resist, removing residues remaining in the recesses of the patterned resist, etching the second hard mask by using the patterned resist as a mask to transfer the patterns of protrusions and recesses to the second hard mask, etching the first hard mask by using the second hard mask as a mask to transfer the patterns of protrusions and recesses to the first hard mask, removing the second hard mask remaining on the protrusions of the first hard mask, and deactivating the magnetic recording layer exposed in the recesses by means of ion beam irradiation.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses, and partially etching the magnetic recording layer in areas not covered with patterns of the resist used as masks by ion beam etching using a mixed gas of He and N2 as well as modifying a remainder of the magnetic recording layer to leave behind a nonmagnetic layer having a reduced thickness.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a first hard mask, a second hard mask and a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses to the resist, removing residues remaining in the recesses of the patterned resist by means of a first etching gas, etching the second hard mask by means of the first etching gas using the patterned resist as a mask to transfer the patterns to the second hard mask, etching the first hard mask by means of a second etching gas different from the first etching gas using the second hard mask as a mask to transfer the patterns to the first hard mask, and performing ion beam etching in order to deactivate the magnetic recording layer exposed in the recesses and to remove the second hard mask.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium includes a disk substrate, and recording cells arrayed on the disk substrate in a track direction, the recording cells includes a ferromagnetic pattern and a magnetic pattern formed on one of two sidewalls of the ferromagnetic pattern in the track direction and having a lower crystalline magnetic anisotropy constant Ku than that of the ferromagnetic pattern.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium includes a disk substrate, and recording cells arrayed on the disk substrate in a track direction, the recording cells includes a ferromagnetic pattern and a magnetic pattern formed on one of two sidewalls of the ferromagnetic pattern in the track direction and having a lower crystalline magnetic anisotropy constant Ku than that of the ferromagnetic pattern.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a first hard mask, a second hard mask and a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses to the resist, removing residues remaining in the recesses of the patterned resist, etching the second hard mask by using the patterned resist as a mask to transfer the patterns of protrusions and recesses to the second hard mask, etching the first hard mask by using the second hard mask as a mask to transfer the patterns of protrusions and recesses to the first hard mask, subjecting the magnetic recording layer exposed in the recesses to modifying treatment to change an etching rate, and deactivating the magnetic recording layer exposed in the recesses.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a magnetic recording layer, an oxidation inhibiting layer, a hard mask layer includes carbon on a substrate, coating the hard mask layer with a resist, transferring patterns of protrusions and recesses to the resist by imprinting to form resist patterns, sequentially performing etching of the hard mask layer using the resist patterns as masks, etching of the oxidation inhibiting layer, and etching and/or magnetism deactivation of the magnetic recording layer to form patterns of the magnetic recording layer, and sequentially performing stripping of the resist patterns, stripping of the hard mask layer and stripping of the oxidation inhibiting layer, in which ion beam etching is used for stripping the oxidation inhibiting layer.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a hard mask and a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper on the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses, removing resist residues left in the recesses of the patterned resist, etching the hard mask using the patterned resist as a mask to transfer the patterns of protrusions and recesses, stripping the resist, and performing ion beam etching to remove the remaining hard mask and to modify a surface of the magnetic recording layer uncovered with the remaining hard mask.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an auxiliary layer formed on the substrate, and at least one perpendicular magnetic recording layer formed on the auxiliary layer. The perpendicular magnetic recording layer includes a magnetic dot pattern. The perpendicular magnetic recording layer is made of an alloy material containing one element selected from iron and cobalt, and one element selected from platinum and palladium. This alloy material has the L10 structure, and is (001)-oriented. The auxiliary layer includes a dot-like first region covered with the magnetic dot pattern, and a second region not covered with the magnetic dot pattern. The first region is made of one metal selected from (100)-oriented nickel and (100)-oriented iron. The second region contains an oxide of the metal used in the first region.