摘要:
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a first granular layer formed over the substrate, the first granular layer having a plurality of first magnetic particles and Si oxide separating the plurality of first magnetic particles. The magnetic recording medium further includes a second granular layer formed over the first granular layer, the second granular layer having a plurality of second magnetic particles and Ti oxide separating the plurality of second magnetic particles.
摘要:
A CPP-type magnetoresistive element including a fixed magnetization layer, a non-magnetic metal layer, and a free magnetization layer that are stacked, and a diffusion prevention layer is disclosed. The free magnetization layer includes CoMnAl. The diffusion prevention layer is provided between the non-magnetic metal layer and the free magnetization layer so as to prevent Mn included in the free magnetization layer from diffusing into the non-magnetic metal layer. CoMnAl has a composition within the area formed by connecting Point A (44, 23, 33), Point B (48, 25, 27), Point C (60, 20, 20), Point D (65, 15, 20), Point E (65, 10, 25), Point F (60, 10, 30), and Point A with straight lines in this order in a ternary composition diagram where coordinates of the composition are expressed as (Co content, Mn content, Al content) with each of the Co, Mn, and Al contents being expressed in atomic percentage.
摘要:
A vertical magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic backing layer formed on the substrate, a magnetic flux confinement layer formed on the soft magnetic backing layer, an intermediate layer formed on the magnetic flux confinement layer, and a recording layer of a vertical magnetization film formed on the intermediate layer. The magnetic flux confinement layer has a plurality of soft magnetic parts each formed along a track region of plural track regions and a non-magnetic parts formed between adjacent track regions. The intermediate layer is formed of a non-magnetic material and is formed so as to cover a surface of the soft magnetic part and the non-magnetic parts.
摘要:
A magnetic recording layer is formed on an auxiliary magnetic layer in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The auxiliary magnetic layer has the axis of easy magnetization in the vertical direction perpendicular to the surface of a substrate. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium reliably allows establishment of the magnetization in the auxiliary magnetic layer in the vertical direction. When a magnetic flux flows along the vertical direction perpendicular to the surface of the magnetic recording layer, the magnetic flux flows across the magnetic recording layer in the vertical direction. The magnetization is thus reliably established in the magnetic recording layer in the vertical direction. The magnetic field of a stronger intensity is thus leaked out of the magnetic recording layer in the vertical direction.
摘要:
A soft magnetic thin film in which the recording magnetic field in the perpendicular direction can be preferentially intensified and sharply controlled when the thin film is applied to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is provided. This soft magnetic thin film can be obtained by immersing a substrate into an electroless plating bath that contains a Co ion, Fe ion, and Ni ion as metal ions, as well as a complexing agent and a boron-type reducing agent, wherein the content ratios of the metal ions on the mole basis are 0.15≦(Ni ion amount/the amount of total metal ions) ≦0.40, 0.50≦(Co ion amount/the amount of total metal ions) ≦0.80, and 0.05≦(Fe ion amount/the amount of total metal ions) ≦0.15; and carrying out electroless plating in a magnetic field in a range of 5-2,000 Oe given in a direction parallel to the surface of said substrate.
摘要:
A vertical magnetic recording medium comprises a substrate, a soft magnetic backing layer formed on the substrate, a magnetic flux confinement layer formed on the soft magnetic backing layer, an intermediate layer formed on the magnetic flux confinement layer, and a recording layer of a vertical magnetization film formed on the intermediate layer, wherein the magnetic flux confinement part comprises a plurality of soft magnetic parts each formed along a track region of plural track regions and a non-magnetic part formed between adjacent track regions, the intermediate layer being formed of a non-magnetic material and is formed so as to cover a surface of the soft magnetic part and the non-magnetic parts.
摘要:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic orientation controller layer serving as a layer for controlling crystalline orientation in an upper layer. A non-magnetic orientation controller layer extends on the surface of the magnetic orientation controller layer The non-magnetic orientation controller layer serves as a layer for controlling crystalline orientation in an upper layer. A magnetic recording layer extends on the surface of the non-magnetic orientation controller layer. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium allows a reliable establishment of a uniform crystalline orientation in the magnetic recording layer based on the influences from the magnetic and non-magnetic orientation controller layers. A reliable establishment of a uniform crystalline orientation can be achieved without an increase in the thickness of the non-magnetic orientation controller layer.
摘要:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a substrate, a metal base layer formed on the substrate, a soft magnetic layer formed on the metal base layer by electroless plating and having an axis of easy magnetization in the in-plane direction of the substrate, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the soft magnetic layer and having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The metal base layer is formed of an alloy containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, and Fe, and has a coercivity of 3 oersteds (Oe) or less. The soft magnetic layer has a thickness of 100 to 600 nm.
摘要:
An apparatus and a method for measuring the remanence curve of a magnetic material with high accuracy is disclosed. First and second pulse magnetic field coils generate a rapidly-changing pulse magnetic field in the space where a magnetic material is located. First and second air-core coils generate a space of a zero magnetic field as well as a finite magnetic field gradient around the magnetic material after application of a pulse magnetic field. A detector detects the force generated by the cooperation between the magnetic field gradient and the magnetic moment of the magnetic material. An arithmetic unit 33 determines the residual magnetization characteristic of the magnetic material based on the detection result in the detector.